Judge your friends favorably, even when they seem to wrong you, and you can turn a sad situation into an...

AMUSEMENT PARK

I was at an amusement park, and I saw a friend whom I hadn't seen in a few years. I became excited and I went over to her and said hi. She gave me a questioning look and said "Hi." I became quite angry and annoyed. Who was she to pretend she doesn't know me? Afterward I went over to her and asked her name. I found out she wasn't my friend, but someone who looked just like her!

(S.K.)

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