I once read a story about two men in their seventies named John and George. They had been friends since their high school days, but they both held strong opinions and were stubborn. As a result, they argued all the time and often went for weeks without speaking to one another. One day after an especially heated argument over some trivial matter, they exchanged unkind words and went their separate ways. And they didn’t speak to each other for months. But then George became critically ill. He summoned John to his hospital bed, saying that he wanted to heal their relationship before he died. He
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