Some days are rays of sunshine, success and sweetness.
Then there are the days of darkness, discouragement and drudgery.
Recently I walked through a day of the later with a friend. From the moment I saw her coming my way, I could see defeat in her walk, her pasted smile, and the invisible, yet so visible weight that she carried across her shoulders.
I could not rectify, solve or improve the situations in her life that day. And I felt helpless.
We all have those days, weeks or even years, when we have lost our confidence, our hope. Sometimes these days are born out of events or emotions that are beyond our control.
Since we all have and do experience life this way at times, what if we applied empathy to the situation? What if, rather than try to fix the difficulty in another’s life, we simply sat in with them, then started to fill them with what is true?
What if we simply told them how much we appreciate them? express the strengths we see in them? tell them that they are loved?
In essence, what if we filled their empty cup with understanding, truth and love?
Isn’t that what we would hope when we are in the depths of despair?
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you,
do also to them”
Matthew 7:12
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