🪷Hope-flowers: on how to be a friend to someone in deep pain

What I'm trying to learn lately

Here’s a brief learning-poem that grew out of my reflections today, along with a photo of some flowers I’ve been growing in my yard. 💗🌼

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If I want to help my friends in pain,
I must fill my life with sunlight, so
I'm ready to receive their rain
and, between us, make hope-flowers grow.

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