Encouragement

[Gabe]

"There are people whose presence is encouraging. One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, they help you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, you feel dishevelment and confusion like a gravity. When a friend comes with words of encouragement, lightness visits you and you begin to find the stairs and the door out of the dark. The sense of encouragement you feel from them is not simply their words or their gestures; it is rather their whole presence enfolding you and helping you find the concealed door. The encouraging presence manages to understand you and put itself in your shoes. There is no judgement, but words of relief and release."
~ John O'Donohue - "Eternal Echoes"

[Blessed]

So True...Lifting each other up, through encouragement,finding Hope,through our Faith...The Essence of Love <3

[Ann]

Amen, Gabe. There is nothing so frightening as thinking we are alone, trying to find our way in the dark and no light at the end of the tunnel.

Encouragement is often the candle we need, to shed just enough light to help us find our way and comfort for the journey.

Hugs
Ann