Thursday, October 9, 2014

The core of true friendship: being a friend "just because"

This comment appeared under a post from one of the Facebook pages that I "Liked". When I read it, I felt compelled to respond. The name of the woman who made the comment will, for our purposes be "Anonymous".

Anonymous: "well to be honest I am sick to death with all that is going on in my case as i do not understand any of it all i do know is that people have treated me in a very bad way indeed and i need the truth . I have been on my own on this not knowing who is a friend or a foe .its just crazy the mind game that has been played against me and i feel totally betrayed and upset I dont think i will ever get over what has been done to me .and i dont feel guilty about anything i only feel very upset and let down that people cannot be straight with me .and all the things the certain persons involved have tried to pin on me and innuendo about well I will NEVER change and if you dont like it put a gun to my head as i couldnt care a less if you want rid of me and out of the northeast so badly why caint you tell me to my face just using this mind torture game that you have made is just sick and anyone who has been party to it i hope you rott . just disgusting and i wonder has this happened to others in the past .well i only hope you are eventually found out and all your helpers and they get what is coming to them just like they have put me through hell and for what .I keep asking as it seems people won tell me .i dont think trust will be a thing i will be doing from know on .and my buisiness is mine so its up to me stop interfering you have ruined my life"
Like · Reply · Yesterday at 5:25pm

My response: "Lisa, you are presenting a number of issues and I want to do my best to help you. I will begin by saying, nobody can be trusted. Good people as well as bad, are easily tempted to create trouble. You therefore must be careful what you say to people, because even though we all know that it is wrong to lie, there is no law against it, and even if there were a law against lying, who could ever enforce it? No one, friend or foe, is obligated to be honest with you or to help you. And the same applies to me, and each one of us who has been put on this earth. No one at all, not even parent or spouse will have any immediate consequence if they lie to us, or do any other types of injustices to us. So, what do we do? We affirm Life. We decide that life is worth living even though we are not going to be fully, 100% loved by anyone but God. We choose to continue, and we hope that maybe if we make worthy goals to try to contribute to this hurting world, we will find fulfillment regardless of what others think, say or do. I hope this helps."

Amanda Marshall: Ride

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