Sugar vs. Vinegar...Again!!!

     This blog can sort of go along with the sugar and vinegar blogs in several ways, but I am going to only write about one. Your assignment, of course, besides reading this blog, AND sharing it also, is to think of other ways you can see that this applies in the sugar vs. vinegar issue. I just read a facebook post by someone who said that if you didn't agree with their opinion on a certain matter then there was no way you could be friends!! Really?!?!?! A disagreement of opinion and you toss friends out of your life?!? Hm! I have many friends AND family that I don't see eye to eye with, but would I toss them out of my life for that reason? NEVER!!! Okay, IF you don't like chocolate, you aren't a friend of mine!!! No, wait, IF you don't like chocolate that means more for me so "Hooray, you are a great friend!".  Okay, chocolate isn't really a super serious issue, but still people could make it as such! And it seems people are wanting to make everything that you don't agree with them on a "super serious issue"! Now granted some issues do have moral implications in this life and even though I may not agree with them, that does not make me want to kick people that disagree with me out of my life! Any of you that know me know I am a deeply religious person believing in God with all my heart, but I have friends, dear friends, who are atheists and/or agnostics! I have deeply rooted rules that I live by, but I have dear friends and family who do not live by those same rules. That being said I DO believe people need to face the consequences of their actions, BUT one of those consequences is not losing me as a friend or family member!!! Want a sort of silly example of this in my own life? Growing up, my horse nut friends and I never agreed on the best breed of horse. Well, actually they all did, but I didn't. They were all 100% Quarter Horse fans! And me? I would argue that Morgans were superior in all ways (well, until I had real experience with Andalusians, but that's a different story). My friends all knew I was a Morgan fanatic, but did they dump me because I didn't support their Quarter Horse fanaticism? Nope! We all managed to get along and after 50+ years we are still friends. The point is, there are going to be many times we do not see eye to eye with someone. There are going to be varying opinions and sometimes even feelings that might get a bit strained due to that, BUT to truly be friends and get along in this world we sometimes have to "agree to disagree"!!! Sugar verses vinegar, again! Do you see it?!?!?!