Metaphor

To me conflict is like traveling. There is a definite start and end, but the journey is where the learning occurs. Like traveling a conflict can be enormous as in traveling to a 3rd world country and seeing life as you hadn't imagined, or it can be as simple as walking to Weis from campus and having trouble with the self checkout station. A travel destination can be known like coming back to Juniata, or it can be something never experienced. The outcome of a trip can be a positive experience, if you are traveling to meet a significant other or a trip can be taken to have to fire someone from there job. In all the chaos of travel there is always a beginning and an end when you return home. With a round trip ticket the ends are defined, where as a one way ticket may bring more conflict, a swifter resolution, or a new life altogether.