BODY LANGUAGE: Bear One Another's Burdens

There was a little girl who was late getting home from school. Her mom was starting to worry and had started out the door to go look for her when she noticed her coming up the sidewalk. The mom asked her daughter, “Where have you been?” The little girl replied, “Janie dropped her art project, and it shattered into a thousand pieces.” The mom said, “Oh, well, that makes sense. You stopped to help her pick it up.” The little girl replied, “No, I stopped to help her cry.” That little girl understood something we all need to understand. Simply being present may help lighten a burden and help the one who is hurting face another hour, another day, another season.