The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusi…

Henri Nouwen
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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 curing, not healing...that is a friend who cares. ✨ Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life. Book by Henri Nouwen, 1974.
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