Categories: just-life
Date: 13 February 2006 17:01:25
I've never before been able to say that I am actually ashamed of the behaviour of people who are my friends, but after the antics of LordS and Banana this weekend this is no longer true.
Ceinwen was down this weekend, before heading back to foriegn climes, and I suppose the nicest thing you could say was that least LordS and Banana didn't actively try to make her feel unwelcome.... mearly ignoring her, avoiding her, not responding and showing absolutely no interest in her.
Only once did I have to field the question; "Is it because I'm here that he is upset??"
What made it that much more galling was that while both LordS and Banana made it perfectly clear, before Ceinwne turned up, that they do not care for her any anyway, she cares for them. She asks about them, how they are doing, is upset at the bad news, pleased for the good.
I know that I'm not prefect, there are people that I can't stand being with, but for civility, for the feelings of others and because my faith has love, forgiveness, understanding and charity at it's heart I at least try to be nice to them. At least when they are around.
Subsequently I can't understand why they can-not seem to feel guilty for they're behaviour. They share the same faith, they have the same beliefs, but they don't seem to care.
When next Sunday, when we pray for forgiveness as we utter the words; "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ." Will how they have behaved even cross their minds...??? Do they even think that they have acted wrong...???
I never thought that I would be able to say that I was ashamed of the actions of people I deemed to be friends..... but I am.....
nb - MrG was fine and lovely, no complaints what so ever...... so he'll be getting a postcard from Italy!!!