An encouraging conversation

I had thee most encouraging conversation today and I want to share it with you. It started as all good talks do, I was minding my own business until I started chatting about Descartes with someone. (Oh how I love Descartes) From there we started talking about how we are all different. (They're not connected at all, I just wanted to mention Descartes because I love him) So say I'm a fork and you're a pop can and that guy over there is a bowl (we were eating dinner, we made metaphors with what was around us). The goal for me is not to be a pop can, but to be a fork the way a fork was really made to be. To be a fork to the fullest. Problems come when a pop can tries to be everything at once separate from everything else, or when it tries to force everyone else to be a pop can, or when you're struggling to be a fork and instead of helping you by admitting that it sometimes struggles to be a pop can it just makes a big show of being a great pop can. What my friend said to me today that really resonated with me was that we as forks have to try to make sure that we aren't trying to make the pop can be a fork. We have to try to forgive the pop can for its mistakes and to love it for what it is and see the good in it so that we are not being hypocrites by hating the hypocrites. The thing is, though, that we can still encourage the pop can to be a good pop can and forgiving doesn't mean we ignore the mistakes, we just have to try to balance that in love. My friend then ended by saying that sometimes you are angry and you just need to go throw stones in the river, and that's ok, because admitting your anger is part of staying true to who you are as a fork and being honest. That was the most beautiful thing I've be told in a while. I don't know if this makes sense or helps you with whatever is going on in your life, or if you just think I'm crazy, but I've been struggling with anger a lot and it really spoke to me so I wanted to share it.