“When we honestly ask ourselves
which person in our lives mean the most
to us,
we often find that it is those who,
instead of giving advice,
solutions, or cures,
have chosen rather to share our pain and
touch our
wounds with a warm and tender hand.
The friend who can be silent with us
in a moment of despair or confusion,
who can stay with us
in an hour of
grief and bereavement,
who can tolerate not knowing,
not curing, not
healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a
friend who cares.”
- Henri J.M. Nouwen,
(The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey)
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