compassion

“You have no idea what I’ve been through” is what he said to her when she asked what was wrong. She tenderly replied to him “no, I don’t but not because I don’t want to, it’s because you never told me.” He looked down and said almost to himself “it’s fine. I’ll be fine. I’m okay.” and she looked into his desperate eyes and said “no, you’re not. But that’s okay and when you’re with me you don’t have to pretend to be.” When he heard her say this, he was so overwhelmed that he put his head down between his legs and began to weep. She walked over to him sitting on the couch and said “I’m here. I will never judge you. Not for anything. Nothing you say or do can make me love you less. I want to know what’s going through your mind. I want to know everything. Tell me.” and she held him in her arms and he confessed, “you’re the first person who ever cared for me like this” and she proceeded to remind him “no I’m not, God was” and all three of them cried together.