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Dear John?
Each of you, in your own way, has been a truly dear and great friend to me. However, many times, friendships are only for a season, and one can look back fondly, but has to move forward. I felt a call on my life tonight, and it means that I have to move on from some friendships that have helped me grow, and sustained me in darker times. Know that I care for you very much, but the way I was, is not the way I will or can be anymore, and as a result, I have to leave some of my associations behind, even though it may hurt my heart, and not be easy, because it's what I need to do in order to be about my Father's business, so to speak. I wish all of you the best in life, and will keep you constantly in my prayers, for each of you is a great person, and I hope that your hearts and spirits will be touched in the way that mine was. Take care of yourselves.
Do you do that?
No, you don't treat friends this way.
I know he might be scared, afraid, lost....and I feel that. But whatever he's going through, whatever life he feels he can't live any more, he has taken the coward's way out.
Yeah, I'm hurt. And yeah, let's be honest, it doesn't take much to hurt me. But I am really so fucking sick and tired of being jerked around by people who are "friends" when it's convenient for them.
So....whatever.
Posted by Rashid on April 19, 2006 7:18 AM
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Hmmm...yeah, that's pretty bogus. I would generally surmise that you all were never really that good of friends in the first place. Maybe it's me being the ever-optimist, but I've never puposely ended a friendship, especially when nothing was wrong with it. Things change and people drift apart, but to just cut somebody off because you are going through something...that's crazy. Nevertheless my friend, just know that he's probably saved you some trouble in the end, and I trust that when and if he dare comes around again that you keep him at arm's length.
Ain't you glad you got REAL friends anyways.
Commented by me! on April 19, 2006 12:33 PM
n*gga dont u EVA scare me like that again in LIFE!! lol, i thought that was u talkin and i was like...rashid aint gon be my friend no more?? :-\
but yea...ok well i can see him movin on if thats what he feels is needed to be about God. however, i do think that talking to people about the decisions being made is way better than just writing a letter. also, to just walk away from friendships is completely different than growing out of one. to say..."its over", is to say "i give up". in either case all we can do is pray for them and hope that they get their lives together as we try to do the same with our own.
Commented by storme on April 20, 2006 6:56 PM
Ditto R. I thought you were typing that to us and I teared up. Whew!
Commented by Sharon on April 20, 2006 11:13 PM