{"id":386,"date":"2015-01-30T16:59:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T16:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=386"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:00:33","slug":"you-cant-argue-without-two-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2015\/01\/you-cant-argue-without-two-people.html","title":{"rendered":"You Can&#8217;t Argue Without Two People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wise person recently told me that you can&#8217;t argue if you don&#8217;t have two people. <\/p>\n<p>Arguing is a choice.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the past few years arguing because I was frustrated that the person I was with didn&#8217;t seem to care if I was happy, sad, worried, or stressed. I often regret that time wasted and more importantly I hate the person that it made me. It is an ugliness within all of us that arguing unmasks. <\/p>\n<p>If someone doesn&#8217;t care no amount of arguing is going to resurrect something that doesn&#8217;t exist. It&#8217;s just going to make you into less of who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Arguing is a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Today I would love myself enough to walk away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/files\/2014\/11\/how-great-thou-part-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/374\/2014\/11\/how-great-thou-part-3-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"how-great-thou-part-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-227\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFollow me on Facebook @Colleen Sheehy Orme<br \/>\non Twitter @colleenorme<br \/>\non Pinterest @colleensheehyorme<br \/>\nE-mail: Colleen.Sheehy.Orme@gmail.com<br \/>\nwww.colleensheehyorme.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wise person recently told me that you can&#8217;t argue if you don&#8217;t have two people. Arguing is a choice. 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