The condition of your soul matters a heck of a lot more than whether or not your side prevails on any issue. Lately I've been reading things, written by people that I have considered lifelong friends, that make me believe that they have, as the British would say, lost the plot.
As Longfellow wrote: If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. To translate it into 21st century terms, don't be a hater.
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several months ago i was having a facebook chat with lady in the family. her and her hubby have been together,much of it unhappily, for 30 yrs, and she was saying its looking like the end will be sooner than later.
the biggest issue is politics and religion. he's a practicing catholic, far right, conservative, and a federal cop.
she's a displaced hippie, always has been, and attends a universalist/unitarian church.
i told her to think twice, because in 30yrs, it wasnt going to be Obama who changed her diaper and pushed her wheelchair.
she came back a week later and said she'd thought about what i'd said and thanked me for helping her put life into perspective.
Just for the record, the commenter asked that I delete the first two comments. Nothing wrong with what he wrote.
You know, Mark, I really wish you'd just sent me a private note instead of humiliating me in public! :^)
(figured this response was appropriate today....)
Tough love, Bubba. Tough love.
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