So today I had a conversation with a "friend". This friend has been with me for couple of years and we had rather good contact. And he was supposed to be part of the project that I am working on in recently. But there came the point to the surface that his self-interest is stronger than the what is best for all. He received the necessary support and assistance in seeing this point and he has been given chance to transform this point but unfortunately he has given up and he has chosen the what is best for me.
It came up in the conversation with him in which I asked for a clear answer. At first I got something in the middle but I insisted on the YES or NO. And eventually I got. And I made the decision today to finish our friendship.
Now... here is another important question.
Is my decision of finishing the friendship best for all ?
I see that at the moment this is the best I can do and is best for all. Stopping contact and cutting him off is still the best for all because now he will be able to enter into the cycle, in which there will be no "interference" from me and he will learn alone the necessary lesson. I wish him all the best but then I also know from experience that the most effective way to learn is though pain.
To be continued...