Have You Ever Experienced The Power Of Healing ...

Have you ever experienced the power of healing words that were either spoken to you or that you spoke to another? We must admit that there are also times when our actions speak louder than words. “Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once told about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child; the winner was a four-year-old boy. His next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into his gentleman’s yard, climbed into his lap and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing. I just helped him cry." ” (Steve May. The Story File. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2000, p. 65). How many times has someone helped you cry? How many times have you helped some one cry in the same kinds of circumstances?