Have you had a good talk with your enemy?
By hotsummer
@hotsummer (13837)
Philippines
September 28, 2009 10:25am CST
I am starting this discussion. cause lately i have good conversation with my former enemy. I am always open to the possibility to be friend again with your former enemy. It has been 3 years back since i last saw my enemy. And somehow in that course of time when we were not seeing each other that i always felt sorry things turned that way and i somehow missed the friendship i somehow had with him. and i was thinking that if i will have a chance to have this opportunity to see this person again that it is time to forget the past and just start things again.
And just three days back, we had flooding in my area, i somehow had contact again with this person with common friend and asked him if he could help us out to clean our place after what the flood had done to our place. i could only think of this person as i know that he is person who knows what to do on this kind of situation. i humbly asked him to if he is willing. and he willingly offered his help. and i see this opportunity to talk start things again.
And i don't feel any friction any more when talking to him. He is willing to help till everything is okay with us. And i will admit that i missed lot of opportunities to be his close friend just because i let some misunderstanding divide us and separate ways. i know i can't get bring back the past, and so i am taking opportunity to have this time with him to show how i should have treated him 3 years back and how should our relationship be.
Anyways, actually i used this tragedy or event as an opportunity to make up with him. i was really hoping to find some reason to contact him. and so asking him to help us clean our place is just a poor excuse to see this person again and patch things up. but before i contacted him, our mutual friend told me that how this person is wanting to visit my place but have not reason why he should do that too. and so we were both just waiting for the perfect time or reason just because of pride maybe that we can not admit directly we want to bring our friendship back.
3 responses
@masteronline (834)
• Indonesia
28 Sep 09
Oh, You have enemy I don't have enemy. I always make friend for enjoy my life
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
28 Sep 09
i am always welcome them to be my friend. and thankfully he is willing to be my friend again. and so i have one less enemy now.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
28 Sep 09
Hi hotsummer, This is really great and thank you for sharing your story. Often enemies are made over very simple things that we thought were big at the time, but later realized that that it was rather foolish of us. None of us need enemies but we could all use more friends and I'm so glad that your plan worked. Forgiveness and putting the past behind us is best for everyone concerned. I hope that both of you will continue to be friends and always be there to help each other. Blessings.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
29 Sep 09
yeah i really hope so. we are just civil now. though we talk i still don't feel that comfortable like i used to be before. i hope i can get things as it used to be.