What one person carries easily, another person cannot bear. We join strength with strength. A single stick is easily broken. Two sticks together are harder to snap. Together we bear our own and each other’s burdens better, and we understand when the other must go it alone. Sometimes holding is simply the ability to see a bigger picture. Sometimes holding is support and nurturing help, and sometimes holding is holding back and letting things be. In retrospect that latter is often sensed as profound help though in the present we might feel it as counter intuitive. We are, after all, still present for one another though we are not “doing anything.”
Quote by Gunilla Norris, SHELTERED IN THE HEART
Her book: https://gunillanorris.com/books/sheltered-in-the-heart/
REFLECTION:
- Can you discern when to support and nurture or when to hold back and let things be?
- Is there a situation you are facing (or a friend) now that may require support?
- Is there a situation you are facing (or supporting a friend through) where you should hold back?
- Take some time to discern the best approach – even if it is just being present!