Reply #145: "Evolving spiritual dimension"?

[pipi_k]

Wow...the guy merely had a different opinion on an issue.

He didn't personally screw the OP over or punch him in the face. He didn't steal his money or set fire to his home. He didn't molest the OP's children (if he has any) or beat up his aged parents. He didn't find out he had a match for blood type and refuse to donate to the OP (for example). He didn't do anything personal to the OP.

He had a different opinion.

Which is not to say I like the opinion or agree with it, but geez...

Doesn't "evolving spiritual dimension" involve something like UNDERSTANDING...or trying to understand...where someone else is coming from before cutting that person out of one's life?

The ex-friend didn't commit a heinous crime. He only expressed a different opinion.

So anyway, I'm not going to claim to be some kind of Saint or anything, but I am fortunate to have real people in my life who have been there to help and support me and a few other people I know. They may have the same attitudes as the ex-friend of the OP, but like I said above...much of it is bluster.

A person's words don't always reflect his or her true feelings, as many of us have learned quite painfully. How many of us have heard the words, "I love you" from someone who didn't really mean them?

Words don't always reflect the truth about how someone really feels.