There was once a man who insisted he knew what he was talking
about. Consequently, he talked only with those who talked as
he talked and avoided those who talked differently. Those who
agreed with him were called friends, while those who disagreed
were called enemies.
But the man lived in terrible tension. He could never find
enough friends and was always harassed by enemies. Still,
he received an odd enjoyment from his nervous agitation.
One day his supposed friends deserted him. Although suffering
terribly, he noticed something peculiar. By losing his friends
he also lost his enemies. From that day on he sensed how his
suffering could end. And when he finally understood, his suf-
fering did end.
Both friends and enemies exist as ideas in a divided mind, so
by rising above these ideas a man becomes unified, and therefore
truly friendly."
Inspire Yourself, p. 113...Vernon Howard
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