Agree to Disagree

I asked a friend why she stopped talking to another friend.

She replied saying that she didnt like her. To which I argued, that if making friends was all about finding people who agreed with us, we would be one big circle of sycophants.

She convinced me with this argument-' ..its ok to want to be friends with people who have polar opposite thoughts. But when those thoughts and individuals try to convert you to their point of view, or attack your self-esteem, they should be dropped like hot coal.'

The idea is to have a diverse set of thoughts, but self-esteem attackers for friends is like having anorexia. You think you are getting thinner, but you are losing your immune system along with it.