War and Values

I often think that one of the main reason for wars in between civilizations is based solely on the values of those civilizations. If one does not endorse or comply to those values their are then not worth our respect. And so we will attack, try to impose and most importantly make sure that the masses believe that we are right to do so.

I believe that our fundamental nature as human beings is to take care of each other and respect one another based on the knowledge that we are ALL DIFFERENT but we are also all living on the one planet and in that sense we are not so different but we share a planet as a common denominator.

Have we become unable to do anything but to impose our ways of thinking and be right about them and giving people's behaviour adjectives such as: terrorists, rude, different (in a negative way), hurtful, bad etc... because in our view people who don't do what we want them to or expect them to do, are BAD?

The reason I have been thinking about all this is because I have hurt a friend's expectations of me. And I know that because of this the view this friend has of me have shifted.
So I became careless and did not set my priorities right in "their book".

I am often one to recommend that we take responsibilities for our actions and I a happy when someone reminds me about this.
I also understand the effects of negative feelings based on expectations.

Have done things right, or have I done wrong? YOU ARE THE JUDGE, what I can do is take responsibilities for hurting someone. But did I become a lesser friend, do I now have one of those adjectives stuck on me? Did I loose someone's respect for it?

I am at peace with the fact that the love I have for each and every one of my friends is true and is not something that I can change. It cannot be based on judging, expecting and complying. I do not love out of my expectations. Of course I am like everyone else and I get hurt and disappointed and so on, but on the scale of my physical lifetime I am able to understand the flimsy nature of those feelings and move on from them as they do not define me and the much deeper feeling of love I experience with my friends.

So one thing I want o say is I'M SORRY DutchieKiwiAussie, and I'm sorry little M; sorry I was not there sharing your first Birthday. I would just like you to know that throughout this lifetime; many times over; I will be imperfect and not always rising to your expectations...

BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND AND MY LOVE FOR YOU CANNOT BE DIMINISHED.
I DO NOT GIVE MY FRIENDSHIP WITH A RETURN POLICY BUT FOR A LIFETIME>

Love.

The Miracle Mile

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