Being There.

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Sometimes just letting someone know we are there for them can make all the difference. They may not call on us or ask anything of us, but we never know how much just being there can mean to them. This is especially true when a friend loses a loved one, but it can also be true at other times of crisis. Just having a friend to talk to have saved countless people from taking their own life. It is often thought that most of those who commit suicide do so because they feel that there is no one who understands them, no one who cares. Many are hurting in today's world, maybe you have a friend who has lost their job but you stay away or don't call because you know they don't want sympathy and you feel helpless. Find a way to keep in contact, especially if no one else is. Often when people retire, we give them a big send off, wish them well and forget about them. Retirement is not an easy time for many people and they would love to have an old friend from work drop by. I can speak from experience because when I retired, there was just one friend who kept in touch, but that was enough to make all the difference, especially during the first year.