Sad...

It hurts my heart when I see my friends doing things that are bad for them. It feels seems lately that I have done an excellent job of picking "best friends" who do just that. This week, I finally cracked and instead of it making me sad, I just got angry. I probably said some things while I was angry that I shouldn't have. . .oops. But ultimately I stand by everything I said, I just should have let them stay thoughts in my head instead of words coming out of my mouth.


I don't like friends that are stupid. Dang it--You know better! You do, I know you do...because when we were closer you never hesitated to criticize people for doing the exact same things that you are doing now.


So...I have come to a conclusion. I hate the things some of my friends do...I hate that they are kind of ruining their lives and they are too close to their own situations to see it....but I guess it's their choice. After all, God gave them free will, just like He did me, all I can do it voice my concerns, and let them make their own decisions. But no matter how much I can't stand what they are doing in their lives--until their bad decisions start to creep into my own life, or until they no longer want to be my friend, only then will I stop being their friend.

I think that disposable friends is a huge problem in our society today. So what if someone doesn't agree with you political views...so what if they do stupid things to themselves? If you really care about your friends, you don't just give up on them. You stick by them, because maybe eventually they will hit rock bottom, and they need someone just like you to bring them back to what is good and right. Or maybe they won't even have to hit rock bottom before they see--hey, my friend...she is living the life I used to...I miss that life, I want to go back.

So I guess all I'm saying is this--Stick with your friends, they may need you and your good influence in your life later.

(This is different than when, say, someone is a jerk and a liar and they hurt you and your other friends and family and yet they blame everyone else for the problems and act like they've never done anything wrong...that's a justifiable reason, in my opinion)