Just be there

Whenever people are upset and down I always feel the need to pick them up and make them smile. It’s not that I think it’s my duty or anything, I just really hate seeing people look sad. So, if a friend is going through something I will always be there for them and try and pick them up from the low that they find themselves in.

However, I was shown and taught something else-another way of dealing with the situation of seeing a friend who is sad or down. This way is to simply just be there. Just to be around the person and hang out with them. You don’t need to say anything or try to take them out of their misery, you simply have to be present in their company. This was a very different and new experience for me. It was also not that easy, because it was something other than what I was used to. Also, it made feel so helpless. This is how it felt, but to the other person this is not how it was.

I was amazed at this because to simply be present in another’s company is so effortless. Most of the time friends and people in general usually want something from one another and majority of the time that is what their relationships are based on. So, if you don’t get something from the next person, the relationship is not regarded as high. To do something as humble as simply being present in another’s company and this being the factor that cheers them up and makes them feel much better is something new and beautiful for me.