Who is a true friend?
“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 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
Henri J.M. Nouwen
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