"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 Nouwen)
Today, I am grateful for the true friends, with whom I can share my deepest, darkest self, eyes squeezed tight to keep in tears, fists clenched, heart pounding.... and when I open my eyes, they are still there, sitting in silence, listening, praying, believing for me, and loving me just as I am.
I am blessed to have such people in my life. And I thank God for them-- for you--today!
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