I'm Just Too Great For Hate!

 

The world outside is looking pretty ugly these days with our nation in a constant uproar.  It hurts my heart to see all that is happening and it often feels like we are powerless to do anything about it.  How can one person like me make things better?  The mere idea that I can somehow affect a change seems overwhelming and impossible.  But, I really can do something.  I really can make a difference.

 

A couple weeks ago I told you how I am tightening my circle.  Ironically, right after I wrote that post and was still deciding whether or not I was actually going to publish it a friend of mine I have known for well over thirty years posted the most disgusting and hateful post on Facebook I have ever read.  It was a picture of Robin Goode and a very long diatribe of hateful, spiteful things about her and her lifestyle.  I thought my friend’s account must’ve been hacked so I called her only to find out that she had actually written it.  Why?  She didn’t know this person personally and the things she was saying were so far out there and not based on any facts.  It was just horrible.  My friend stated she was standing behind every word.  I was stunned.

 

I hung up and sat there for a while processing the conversation and then I quietly removed this person from my Friends list because I don’t want to read things like that in the future.  It made me feel like I never really knew her.  I feel really sorry for my friend to have so much hatred for someone she didn’t even know.  It was really bad.  Will I call this woman again?  Probably not.  Will I try to continue to have a relationship with her?  Not likely.  Will I ever feel comfortable being around her again?  No.  I won’t.

 

I haven’t heard from her since that day.  And, it’s okay.  Not okay about what she said, but okay not to accept her hatefulness into my life.  Sad to lose a friend, but even sadder that she was willing to choose her Facebook post over friendship.  I don’t feel bad about my decision to keep her outside of my circle.  I made the right decision.  I’m just too great for hate.  It’s simply not welcome in my life.