Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough

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 healing, not curing . . .  that is a friend who cares.
—  Henri J. Nouwen
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On This Day In:
2019	Or Live For It
2018	Happy Thanksgiving (2018)
2017	Grateful Humility
2016	Obstacles
	Election + 2 Weeks
2015	Done What You Could
2014	Impossible To Other Men
2013	Just In Case
2012	Isn’t This Just Pleasant?
2011	No Void In Sight

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Either / Or

Don’t ever confuse what is legal with what is moral…  You’re either principled or you’re not.
—   Oprah Winfrey
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On This Day In:
2017	Redemptive Power
2016	On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture
2015	Still Struggling
2014	How To Become A Saint
2013	Not Much Change
	Our Biggest Fear
2012	Brain, n.
2011	Styles Of Leadership
2010	Face Front!

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Improper Sequence?

I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
―   Alan Greenspan
This generation has a burden, more so than any other time in history.  The most important thing we can learn to do today is think for ourselves.
—    Malcolm X
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On This Day In:
2012	Two Gems
2011	A True Test

 

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