Chapel Hour -- Problems and Predicaments 101

"True friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget."

Has anyone heard this quote before, or at least something similar? I have, countless of times. And, definately, it sounds so full of common sense (the kind that really is common). It sounds like the usual advice. Its just so cliche.

Yes, people have said that the only reason things are cliche is because they are true. Of course its true, I understand that completely... Its true, but why doesn't it ever show itself in a situation? Why doesn't it resolve in the time it should be resolving a problem? I suppose we need something more than any advice, quote, or lesson can ever give. I suppose we need experience -- a familiar emotion, and learnings on how to cope.

How do we know when to cope? How do we know when something is a problem or a predicament? Lets start with finding if something is a problem.

A problem, just like death, is a natural plight. Everyone goes through it. Its there for reasons, and its solvable.

A predicament is something that is futile -- something you have to cope with when all possible means of resolve have been done. It is when all you can do is save your effort, and go through whatever the situation is. In opinion, I believe a predicament is harder than problems, and adding them together is just a perplexing thought. So I have a question now: What do I do when i'm perplexed with problems and predicaments? And that's where I'm stuck.

It seems I've gone bitter, and i've expressed what I've always felt like expressing to him simply because I felt he deserved it -- to feel like a lesser being. Is this reality a problem -- something that could b solved if I try just about every means possible/plausible? Or is it a predicament -- wherein I should stop trying and cope because I've done so much to make amends with him, but never prevailed? Or is it still a problem -- because, maybe, just maybe, I haven't tried my best for him? What can I do? What process should I take?

If true friends are impossible to forget, and if he were a true friend, then I wouldn't be able to forget him no matter what I do, or how hard I try to forget. My efforts would be wasted, and I'd have to search for a resolution (problem). But if he weren't a true friend, then I'd forget him easily. I'd just go through the process, and forget. (predicament).

Is there still hope? I see now why its confusing... It seems, this time, my problem would be harder than predicament. Oh, the irnoy.

16.3.07 14:13