There will always be times that we, in our human flesh, will disappoint just as there will always be times we will be disappointed by others. There is always going to come a time when you don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye with even your best of friends. However, in true friendship you look beyond those disagreements and look to what is really important to your relationship - how important you are to each other. I once thought I had my tribe in an organization, especially after I became a leader at its highest volunteer level and was welcomed into a small 'sisterhood' of like-minded women. But the way some of the women from what I considered my "tribe" have behaved and treated others, myself included, is inexcusable… they are only with you if you agree with them on all fronts. You disagree with something, you are called names, lumped with others by stereotypes, or ridiculed. You leave the organization, you leave the tribe. This painful process can be, an