"Come, let’s talk this over, no matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!"
~Isaiah
Even the best and closest of friends need to get together for a chat from time to time...
Well, chat is a light way of the real essence of my meaning here. We might 'talk' every day, but it's not often that we dig deeply into our thoughts and conversational skills and share. These are rarer times, and it is a good thing that they are special. You don't want them to become so commonplace that they lose their definition of importance. These are times that are set apart and planned - they are difficult to create on the fly. They are called 'Summits' in the world of business and politics. And there's a good reason.
Much like the mountain top version, they are to be lofty and a place that has to be worked at to achieve.
You do not summit with just anyone. These people are critical to you. Your interactions with them, while oft taken for granted, work together toward an important purpose. And while you may silently know what that purpose is, if it is not spoken at some point, our unified directions my take wrong turns. A summit meeting gets you there together for a time, and it will not matter how you get there.
Summits are made to clear the air.
We call them such because the air is thinner and easier to control on a summit. There are fewer obstacles and distractions. We can work out confusion and the tense muscles that can surround our significant relationships at times. We can find agreement again, or find a way to walk together in disagreement.
We can reason together.
Come to understanding.
Perpetuate compassion.
Cheers.
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