The power of your presence
You have the power to ease someone's burden.
All it takes is your presence. You don't have to come up with a solution to their problem, or say the perfect thing, or somehow find a way to eliminate their pain. There's no secret code or magic formula. You just need to be there with them.
Your support can lift another person's sorrow.
It can make their fear more manageable.
It can alleviate their stress (and even, studies find, physical pain.)
And it can reduce their loneliness.
Did someone help lift one of your burdens this week? If so, take a moment to thank them or resolve to pay it forward.
Bit by bit, we show up for one another, and in the process, build a happier, more peaceful world.
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