SOLACE: Listening with Others to Give Comfort
Feeling calm, patient and accepting. Giving support and encouragement to others..
If we live only for ourselves, we miss the joy of giving and connecting with others. Life becomes more fulfilled when we can care, play, laugh, forgive, cry and comfort each other. To give solace is to listen quietly in love and friendship, without judgment, with someone who feels distress and sorrow. Solace is a gift of silent acceptance and trust, of patience and kindness with ourselves and others.
"Sometimes it is better to be kind than right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens."
-Author unknown
