has a broken heart
you want to be a friend
but you don't know where to start
there are no words to say
that could ever be enough
how can you show them your love?
Greg Long
The question is direct. How can you show love to someone you care about when you don’t know where to start?
Severally, we are at a loss. It’s one thing to have the answers to things you can comprehend. It’s a whole new ball game when you don’t have the answers to your friends piercing questions-about heartbreaks, heartaches and headaches.
Those times you realise words are not enough. Hard as you may try, there is no easy way to make them feel alright. And you can only watch as the tears well up in your friend’s eyes. You become numb when you see your friend break into heavy sobs. And all you can gather is an unnerving gaze. And more questions upon questions.
You offer a pat on the back, the tears don’t stop. You offer a handkerchief, the tears only increase. And then it hits you, “just allow the tears”.
Don’t allow the urge to be ‘I-know-it-all’ to stop your friend from enjoying this rare moment-the ‘no-holds-barred’ moment. It is a refreshing experience that every friendship that you hold to heart should experience.
So if you desire to lend your friend your faith and walk them through the dark, help somebody cry. Hold their hand and watch them heal through the tears.
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