I agree with Sun Tzu on the whole. Depending on how we deal with it, it can be a blessing or a curse. Just as we used to believe that lightning bolts were thrown down by gods because we were not nice to the gods, conflicts are "just there" today and we don't really know what is behind them and how we can use the conflict to our advantage.
We have now come so far in the field of physics that we can even harness the electricity that is generated by lightning. And the same can happen with conflicts. The decisive factor here is not to ignore it or demonize it. It is there and there are reasons why it is there. Only when we truly accept conflicts as an integral part of our lives can we get the most out of them. In the best case, a conflict is the driving force of our personal, collective and/or social growth. Similar to the study of lightning, we need courage, curiosity, caution and patience to understand our conflicts and learn from them. And all of this is achieved very well through the process of mediation, which I would enjoy to share with you.