Life isn't memorable enough to remember everything. It's not like there are explosions all the time, or dog smoking cigarettes.
In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees...Strangers are like friends
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Don__ we get it? To put our arm around someone who is gay, someone who has an addiction, somebody who lives a different lifestyle, someone who is not what we think they should be_ doing that has nothing to do with enabling them or accepting what they do as okay by us. It has nothing to do with encouraging them in their practice of what you or I might feel or believe is wrong vs right.It has everything to do with being a good human being. A good person. A good friend.