Just Be

It is without fault that each of us is destined to walk our own paths. 
As much as we feel for one another, or want to take the pain from our children,
or wish we could take their place, we cannot. 
They also cannot take ours. 
Each one of us has our own path to walk.
Each one of us has our own experiences to experiences,
our own loves to love, our own hearts to break, our  
own times to feel that love, in our own time and in our own way. 
We cannot live anyone else's life but our own.
And in that way, we can feel very alone. 
The gift of this humanity that we live in is that we are able to walk together.

Today stop and just be with someone.
No trying to fix, or do, or change.. but just be. 
Be with a friend as they talk of their spouse in anger or love. 
Be with a child as they cry or laugh with emotion. 
Be with yourself as you experience your daily ups and downs, ins and outs. 
Just be. And see what a difference that makes. 
For most often it is not the pain that we wish others to take away,
​it is the judgement. 

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 © Jeannine Proulx Possibilities, 2016
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