All The Things I've Never Said Before - Part 9

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I had this friend, she told me she was a little stressed out so I went over to see her and I just remember asking her how she was doing and she had told me "I'm good". I asked her again how she was doing and she responded again " no, I'm good like seriously I'm okay". I reminded her that I was her friend and that she didn't have to pretend, not with me. So I asked her again how she was actually doing. And she just started crying. She hugged me for I don't know a couple of minutes and when she pulled back she just said thank you. I didn't say anything. It just made me realize the power that we have as human beings just by asking one more question, one more thing for someone. It can go a long way and that right there is the power that we hold