Prologue
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is
those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch
our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or
confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not
curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
