I guess u can never fully understand another person's life until you've lived it yourself.
There's no amount of information that you can read about, listen to or even heard of that suffice you to think you know what the person is going through. So how do we know what to do or how to be a friend to someone in need? I suppose we can try to imagine after years of knowledge gathering. However, the sentiment will never be the same as we are not the one who goes through the motion. At times when we try to emphatize and show compassion, we end up hurting the other party rather than helping.
At best and since all else failed, what I did was to listen, be there when needed and keep an open mind hoping the simplest gesture would bring some sense of relief.
There's no amount of information that you can read about, listen to or even heard of that suffice you to think you know what the person is going through. So how do we know what to do or how to be a friend to someone in need? I suppose we can try to imagine after years of knowledge gathering. However, the sentiment will never be the same as we are not the one who goes through the motion. At times when we try to emphatize and show compassion, we end up hurting the other party rather than helping.
At best and since all else failed, what I did was to listen, be there when needed and keep an open mind hoping the simplest gesture would bring some sense of relief.
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