Choose Your Battles

Be sure you pick your battles. Neil the Seal is a 2,200-pound elephant seal who goes on a rampage in southern Tasmania crushing fences, obstructing roads, tearing down bollards, and crashing into parked cars. He seems to do this every year at about this time in the town of Hobart. It is common for male seals to try to have dominant battles with other seals, but Neil prefers to go after manmade objects. One local resident, Dale Creamer, said, “It’s Neil’s world and we are just living in it.” Pick your battles carefully. There is enough to confront without trying to prove your dominance and battles that will not make any difference. Use your energy in an effort to combat the things that can be detrimental to you.