Just Let It Be

There are those who speak without thinking. I have often thought, "If I could only be such a person sometimes". I cannot be that person because I think that I think too much. One occasion presently comes to mind. There was once a candidate running for political office with whom a dear friend was greatly opposed. It appears my friend had drawn certain conclusions about me and assumed that I would be a supporter of the said candidate. The two of us had never discussed the politician. Yet my friend, in an apologetical tone, said to me, "I hate to say this, but, ....." To protect the identity of my friend, I cannot be any more specific than that. She felt that she needed to inform me of such candidate, hoping that I would change my mind about him. In reality, I was as opposed to him as was she, and since I believed that she never realized the magnitude of her offensive assumption, I did not respond. I deemed a justified reaction would only have alienated the two of us. So I decided to just 'let it be' and move on. 07122018PoetrySoupContest, I wish I had the balls to tell them what I really think, Line Gauthier