Suffering Is Never Alone But Shared

If I feel empathy from a friend, a professional, a stranger, for my pain, it makes it lighter, magically, and less brutal. If a doctor is all business and no heart, I don't want them as my doctor. The fact of being seen, and acknowledged gives value to what can be a terribly difficult passage. Healing is a shared experience, as suffering can be as well. Self pity is not a pretty thing. It takes courage to suffer, love and time to heal.