[Both Sides of the Story]
It bugs me... that so many people are one sided.
And by one-sided I mean, that they hear one side and assume its truth. They sympathize with their friend who is telling the story, and bash and hate the other side.
Since attempting to be friends with Natalia, and now that my friendship with Cory is resuming, I have had so many people give me grief.
He/She hurt you. How can you consider being their friend?
Look at the state you were in when he left?
Look how you felt?
Remember this?
He did this.
She did this.
My response back is, what about what I did to them?
I hurt he/she. How can they consider being my friend.
Look at the state he was in when I left.
Look how he felt.
Remember this?
I did this.
There's always 2 sides to the story.
Pretty much the point of this post is to tell all of you to shut up and stop giving me grief. Those of you doing it out of love for me, and not hatred for them, realize this.... There's probably another mass army out there on the other side of the story, saying the same things about me... giving them grief about it. It goes both ways.
To the rest of you, its extremely ridiculous that the requirement to be your friend is I have to hate someone, and I'm sorry, at this current time, I choose not to meet that requirement.
P.S. Check out my 101 in 1001 and see how I'm doing!
And by one-sided I mean, that they hear one side and assume its truth. They sympathize with their friend who is telling the story, and bash and hate the other side.
Since attempting to be friends with Natalia, and now that my friendship with Cory is resuming, I have had so many people give me grief.
He/She hurt you. How can you consider being their friend?
Look at the state you were in when he left?
Look how you felt?
Remember this?
He did this.
She did this.
My response back is, what about what I did to them?
I hurt he/she. How can they consider being my friend.
Look at the state he was in when I left.
Look how he felt.
Remember this?
I did this.
There's always 2 sides to the story.
Pretty much the point of this post is to tell all of you to shut up and stop giving me grief. Those of you doing it out of love for me, and not hatred for them, realize this.... There's probably another mass army out there on the other side of the story, saying the same things about me... giving them grief about it. It goes both ways.
To the rest of you, its extremely ridiculous that the requirement to be your friend is I have to hate someone, and I'm sorry, at this current time, I choose not to meet that requirement.
P.S. Check out my 101 in 1001 and see how I'm doing!
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So how does the current b/f feel about it?
Interesting that you are so angry by this instead of seeing the love that others have for you. Many have seen you grow and change, many don't want to see you go through that(hell) again. Even the general authorities tell us to choose your friends wisely. You can not hate someone, be happy, and not have that person in your life. Why make your life more stressful? Choose the better part of things always. Anything that lifts you up and not pulling you down! Sounds to me like you are going in the wrong direction and being pulled down. Yes life has it's ups and downs, friends are important but not that important! Remember your responsibilities, work, church, and classes and then things will be easier. Remember you are loved no matter what!
I've always said that every story has 3 sides.
I use the example of a pedestrian being hit by a car.
The guy driving the car says "He jumped in front of me the suicidal maniac!"
The Guy who watched it happen says "He was pushed!
The guy who got hit can say "I tripped..."
who gave the truth, no one really knows? for all we know the pedestrian was suicidal. Maybe he was trying to save a bird that the driver didn't see.
Dearest Laura,
I highly applaud what you are doing here with Cory and Natalia.
To me, it shows that the love of Christ is in you.
No matter what, one of the safest things to say when faced with a situation where people doubt you, and where at times, you may doubt yourself, if it is something of an ethical or moral decision... is to ask... What would Christ do?
I doubt very much that Christ would just forget about someone simply because they hurt him. In fact... no one that hurt him did he give up on... but you know that.
Since we LDS people, and many other Christians as well, are taking upon ourselves the name of Christ... it is our duty to do things that aren't always easy, and where, sometimes, in the back of our mind we think we're crazy, or where others are telling us so.
I must agree with your decision to stick to your convictions.
And while I don't really know them (C & N) at all... I know that God will most likely be blessing you and them for deciding to go through with something that can't be easy for either group.
As for the people who say "I'm sorry... I can't be your friend if your friends with them"- Well, I hope they might see with the eyes of Christ... and would perhaps stop looking down on others for things they did in their past. No one is ever too far gone to be forgiven.
Sorry for the novel-ish comment...
All people are weak and fail. Building a friendship with any type of hyoomon requires sacrifice and trust. Boo-ya.
Laura = good at life. (in opposition to suck at life)
Oh Snap! Natalia May is angry!
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