What should happen if you are having a heated discussion with another person, a friend, who has opposing views and no room for budging them? Throughout the conversation you get angry, you get offended, you laugh, you make fun of others, or present other's views as examples of ideals to support your view.
Yet, it is hopeless. It is difficult to think like others, or to even try to figure out how others think, let alone follow their thought process in a way that makes sense to you. With opposing views and strong personalities, that almost never happens.
For this, thank you my friends. Thank you for challenging my views and my thought process. Thank you for trying to understand me, but being strong in your own opinions.
At the end of the day, even after a lengthy back and forth of typing, smily faces and exclamation points, nothing really changes about you or the person at the other end of the conversation. Surprisingly though, you just still feel better, you got it off your chest, you don't put in the back of your mind to be nice only to blow up at your friend two years later. You move on to talk about the things that you still agree on, or the things that make you happy, inspire you and make you feel accomplished. The end of this conversation is the real test of friendship.
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