When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means 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 gentle 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 Nouwen (1932-1996) was a Catholic priest from the Netherlands.
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