We try to be a lot of things (like interesting and clever and successful). Maybe, if we just aimed for being a comfortable place for other people, we’d all be changing for good.
“When a person tells her story and is truly heard and understood, both she and the listener undergo actual changes in their brain circuitry.” Dr. Curt Thompson
“Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13