Though there was a big to-do over a person’s goal, a very intimate and brave aspiration, in my opinion. And a 43thinger took it upon herself to use this other person’s goal as a soapbox for some very hateful invective. It got ugly, and inappropriate.

In my personal life, I’m at a strange crossroads with a friendship, she’s always been different ideologically, but thought that unimportant as long as she was the kind and compassionate person I idealized her to be… It’s complicated. Don’t know how much of it is ego on my part, on hers, and how much is a sincere wish to retain my integrity.

Then again, i still have too much desire wrapped around that: integrity, i think. And even she asked; “what good does it do to end our friendship, how does that make the world a better place?” An amazing question. Guess I already have my answer, it’s come up in other relationships lately too.