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It’s natural that when we see people we care about going through challenges, we want to help. But sometimes we stop ourselves from reaching out—we’re worried that we might say the wrong thing, worried we might not be able to offer enough help to matter, worried we might make things worse. The truth is that there are so many ways we can help each other through hard times, and the most important one is being present with what you have, where you are, with those who are suffering. There are many strategies that can bolster our confidence to help when others ask, and many different skills we can learn to help listen deeply, show compassion, and be there for each other in constructive, meaningful ways.

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FindCenterThe only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.

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FindCenterPerhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence.

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FindCenterThere is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

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FindCenterIt’s better to be kind than to be right.

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FindCenterI liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.’ These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.

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FindCenterThe most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention . . . a loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well intentioned words.

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FindCenterThe good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.

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FindCenterWhen we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

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FindCenterIf you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

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FindCenterIt is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

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