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Relationships
Mar. 8th, 2005 06:53 pmThis post is being written in response to posts on several friends journals. This is not meant solely for this person or that person but is a compilation of things. I will use the word 'relationship' to mean both friendship and significant other types of relationships. It isn't as complete as I would like but I need to head out.
There are a couple of basic threads. Single does not equal Sad/Pathetic. Friendship without Honesty isn't. True Love grows from friendship.
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My friends, savor your unique qualities and savor those qualities in your friends. You don't have to be in lock-step with everyone (it would be a very boring world if we were all in lock-step), but you do need to be open minded and respectful. You can agree to disagree. You can debate without throwing in personal (and usually irrelevant) attacks. To rise above such temptations is a mark of a true human for which humanitarian is linked. We are all different people and each of us has so many different facets. Not all of our facets will fit with all of our friends and that is OK. Just because I happen to be Agnostic does not mean that my friends who are deeply religious have to take pot shots at me (or me at them). I may take shots at some of the edicts from the Church that I find stupid but that is not the same. I have been told that I am religious but anti-church. I also could be called anti-government (no one who can be elected to state or national posts should be given the jobs ... a fair rule of thumb and my apologies to Mr. Adams).
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There are a couple of basic threads. Single does not equal Sad/Pathetic. Friendship without Honesty isn't. True Love grows from friendship.
( Read more... )
My friends, savor your unique qualities and savor those qualities in your friends. You don't have to be in lock-step with everyone (it would be a very boring world if we were all in lock-step), but you do need to be open minded and respectful. You can agree to disagree. You can debate without throwing in personal (and usually irrelevant) attacks. To rise above such temptations is a mark of a true human for which humanitarian is linked. We are all different people and each of us has so many different facets. Not all of our facets will fit with all of our friends and that is OK. Just because I happen to be Agnostic does not mean that my friends who are deeply religious have to take pot shots at me (or me at them). I may take shots at some of the edicts from the Church that I find stupid but that is not the same. I have been told that I am religious but anti-church. I also could be called anti-government (no one who can be elected to state or national posts should be given the jobs ... a fair rule of thumb and my apologies to Mr. Adams).
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