Friendship and Principle..

Friendship is one of the important thing in my life. It is such a big deal on what my friends think, say and share about me. Some of my friends tell me that I am a little over protective in a lot of ways. Of course, I can be a rabid beast when protecting my friends but I am gentle when hearing their problems and comforting them.

When a bad news is shared to me.. I tend to keep it to myself.. I will try to stay calm.. I will try to understand.. I will try everything and anything to convince myself it's just a bad joke that sooner or later I will forget all about it. Some things are just too hard to accept, specially when it involves what you believe in. Although there's nothing that you can do to make it go away or just let it pass, I can assure you that everything will change. Change is good.. I believe that people can change in a lot of  ways but for a single reason. Whatever that reason is, I don't care.. As long as I know that I can still be a friend that they can count on. Here comes the part where I have to weight and measure friendship and my principle.. If you are in my position, how would you handle it? I can't be happy and sad at same time for something that I don't agree with. I will stand on what I believe..

Honestly, I don't know how to handle certain situations which involves my friends and my principle. I don't know where to stand and whether I will need to bend my own rules to give way.. I can't just ignore it because I know for a fact that everything will never be the same again.. Did it come to a point in your life where you will need to sacrifice something? a lose-lose situation? I know I may look bad in writing this but I feel that it's happening right now.. Do I need to cut the ties I have with a friend or do I need to ignore what I believe in just to be a good friend? I am confused... Some people would just continue what they're doing and just accept that it just happened. .. Again, It happened.. for a reason..

Now, which is more important? Friendship or your own principle?