Well, about six months or so ago, I was having a conversation with a friend. The conversation got a little heated but there were no ill-words traded, necessarily. There were a few things that came out but they were not all that bad at the end of the day. We are both a little stubborn though.
Because both of us felt as though we may have said and heard somethings we didn't want to say or hear we took a step back. What really happened is that our friendship would suffer from this little falling out. We would occasionally send a text message to each other but we weren't hanging out with each other as we used to do--prior to the conversation. Then a few days ago, I couldn't stop thinking about him. So, when I can't get a person off of mind I always try to check up on them to make sure that they are okay. For me it doesn't really matter what the status of our relationship is, there has to be a reason that I have these thoughts about the person.
So what I did was sent him a text and let him know that I was thinking about him and just wanted to check up on him. I let him know that I missed him as my friend and wondered if we would ever be friends again. He immediately called me and asked me what my problem was? I told him I was cool nothing was wrong, and he insisted to me that we were still friends. Basically, we were going to get our relationship back to the way things were. I was pleased to hear it.
What this has done for me is posed the question, how many relationships can be repaired with a real conversation about the status of that relationship? I know that I have had a few that I just let fall by the wayside because of pride. Pride is what keeps people from progressing. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins and can be a killer if you don't get it intact quickly. I am going to put my pride to the side and work on relationships and situations for the better. Pride should not have a place in my life and I will not give it that much importance.
Because both of us felt as though we may have said and heard somethings we didn't want to say or hear we took a step back. What really happened is that our friendship would suffer from this little falling out. We would occasionally send a text message to each other but we weren't hanging out with each other as we used to do--prior to the conversation. Then a few days ago, I couldn't stop thinking about him. So, when I can't get a person off of mind I always try to check up on them to make sure that they are okay. For me it doesn't really matter what the status of our relationship is, there has to be a reason that I have these thoughts about the person.
So what I did was sent him a text and let him know that I was thinking about him and just wanted to check up on him. I let him know that I missed him as my friend and wondered if we would ever be friends again. He immediately called me and asked me what my problem was? I told him I was cool nothing was wrong, and he insisted to me that we were still friends. Basically, we were going to get our relationship back to the way things were. I was pleased to hear it.
What this has done for me is posed the question, how many relationships can be repaired with a real conversation about the status of that relationship? I know that I have had a few that I just let fall by the wayside because of pride. Pride is what keeps people from progressing. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins and can be a killer if you don't get it intact quickly. I am going to put my pride to the side and work on relationships and situations for the better. Pride should not have a place in my life and I will not give it that much importance.
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