"When we honestly ask ourselves which persons 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." The
author is Henri Nouwen and it is from a piece titled "Out of Solitude."
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." The
author is Henri Nouwen and it is from a piece titled "Out of Solitude."
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I agree
It is a great thought. So glad your Jacob is doing well!
Read this quote again today and said WOW, so true. I am hoping that have made this blog into a book and we can view it when we come in November.
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