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Hello Lon,
Good luck getting through the pain of the comment. I know it hurts. Somtimes we've just got to let it go. Your friend probably didn't mean to offend you, but obviously he did. How often do we say things that we later realise hurt a person? I had a similar event happen to me though an aquaintence of mine. It hurt me because I hated feeling judged. It still bothers me, and I have had the thought to mention it to him in a gentle way. For now I will avoid it because I don't know if I can be gentle at the moment. Some words from the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius have given me strength though. "It doesn't matter if the whole world is against you, if you know you are right."
We are fortunate. As you mentioned in your thread, we work for ourselves. We also do what we love, and we have the opportunity to grow through it. The ill thoughts or misunderstandings of others may just be the payment we have to make in order to keep doing what we love to do.
There needs to be a payment one way or the other in order to grow through what we do in this world. That is my belief anyway. It may or may not be true.
Good luck,
Anthony
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