"We think our job as humans is to avoid pain, our job as
parents is to protect our children from pain, and our job as friends is to fix
each other’s pain. Maybe that’s why we all feel like failures so often –
because we all have the wrong job description of love. People who are hurting don’t need Avoiders, Protectors,
or Fixers. What we need are patient,
loving witnesses. People who sit quietly and hold space for us. People to stand in the helpless vigil to our
pain."
Glennon Doyle
