Tell you what...

Sometimes I feel like crying from hearing a friend's story. One which entails much heartbreak and frustration. And which only time can possibly help to ease the pain.

And it is at times like those when I have to be careful with the words that I choose to say. To know when silence is a remedy and when to give a gentle nudge. And if a nudge, it needs to be implicit and extremely cautious. And when a nudge, it is with someone I care too much to leave it be.

I tend to opt for the silence. It is not my burden to bear and even if I feel the weight of it, I know and trust that it is in the other person talking that helps to lift it off... even if it is by an inch. Or a millimeter.

It is never right or wrong. We all have good intentions in our hearts and it is at the other person's discretion to believe it to be. So haste not when a sincere advice is shared but not taken. Nor hate or disbelieve a person who is known to be directive, for we all have good intentions in our hearts.

So here's to friends and an appreciation of their honesty.