Leaving Someone Alone

Leaving a person alone is not necessarily rejection. It can be quiet support, silent understanding. Whoever has suffered can surely feel compassion for another’s pain. In an active sense, there is often nothing to do. Sometimes words are easy and natural. At other times there is the hug, the open mind for listening without giving advice, without platitudes. To say nothing is perhaps the hardest, most demanding response of all, but it can also be the most loving and respectful. To give the gift of silence in certain circumstances is to encourage a friend to feel those feelings. ~ For Today (Kindle Locations 1612-1616).

Silent compassion. The gift of silence
Love and c0ncern eminate like warmth from a fire
and words add little but are a presence, an ever-present sense
of comaraderie. Yours are heard and felt now, with gratitude.