Empathy

when someone is drowning, that is not the time to teach them how to swim

this is not the time to yell at them for stepping in the water

because in that moment they don’t need lessons, they need help.

they need you to reach out your hand and help them

they need to know someone sees them

that someone cares enough to pull them out first

you can talk about how to stay afloat and swim another time

but in the middle of the storm? what they need most is compassion, not correction.

all they need is someone who refuses to let them sink. be that someone.

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