When bad things happen to good people

Submitted by OldSoul on July 19, 2003 - 1:49pm. Healing and Transformation

I still have a hard time when someone I care about is going through a real rough time. I so get frustrated that I can't take their pain away. I sure would if I could.

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Helping Friends in Pain

Submitted by illuminator on July 22, 2003 - 8:17am.

I've had to learn to observe myself when I get the impulse to rescue another, especially when I later resent some sacrifice I might have made at the time—or offered something that I couldn't afford to offer—that I later regretted. When I'm able to catch myself doing this—sometimes impulsively—I remind myself to PAUSE, to BREATHE into the situation (or the hearing of the friend's sad story), then to PULL BACK INTO THE "BEAM." That's when I get the really intuitive "hits" on how or what to offer or say...or not! Sometimes it's the most empowering for another for me to simply listen and extend my faith in their own ability to find their own answers.

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Life's Lessons

Submitted by NoTimer on August 7, 2003 - 4:12pm.

If we are here to learn lessons, how do we know that we are not getting in the way by helping someone?

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