Suffer Not

I will not sit idly by your suffering.

I am not your therapist, I am a coach, but in truth I am something other than a coach, an oracle, a channel. I am not here to tell you what you like or to commiserate with you in the familiar.

My mandate is to unceasingly offer the premise and tone of love, acceptance, and peace with what is.

Share your suffering with me, by all means, but do not expect to leave with it intact. Come to me when you're finally ready to take that pain, to feel what you've been suffering in trying to avoid.

I will sit idly by your pain. I trust you with it completely, and I trust myself. I will be with you in the heart of it, I will cry a portion of your tears, cough your stuck voice out of my own throat, feel my heart crack open with yours.

This life is dangerous, unsafe. When you direct yourself solely toward your delight, you will face a number of naturally arising unpleasantries. You deserve to relax anyway, and grief is the reconciliation. You can handle it all.