“I don’t know what to say?”
“What am I supposed to tell them?”
“How should I say this?”
“I need to find a card that is just right.”
At funerals, in conflicts or in other times of stress, we struggle to find the right words. Obsessing over the right phrasing or the exact expression, it is almost as though we are writing a magic spell. Somehow we believe that disaster will result if we get one word wrong. Words are powerful, but they are not as potent as we believe. In themselves they cannot ease sorrow and they cannot change the heart. What gives words power is the speaker. In times of crisis or grief, what matters most is not what you say, but who you are. Your focus and involvement make statement enough. A silent friend standing alongside speaks more eloquently than any words could.
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