Cherish hope
The following quotation has been true to me in times of distress. It has also been helpful to women experiencing labour pains during child-birth. Knowing that in few hours’ time or the following day the child will be born and they will be free of pain helps them to bear the current labour pains with courage.
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Hope is a feeling that something good is going to happen. It is confidence that God is at work and that changes are going to happen in the future. It is an essential ingredient for both physical and mental well-being. If you expect that something good …show more content…
When you reach out to a hurting person with unconditional love and encouragement, you help make the pain bearable or less painful. The intensity of the negative feelings such as anger, bitterness, frustration or sarcasm that are often experienced by a hurting person is often decreased when unconditional love is experienced. This includes a non-judgemental attitude as judging an injured person may deepen his or her pain, especially when that person is dealing with the pain of betrayal or divorce. It is important to remember that a hurting person needs an expression of love that he or she can see or feel and this may include a hug, an invitation for a meal or a comforting note in the …show more content…
This may include both emotional support and practical help. A person who is experiencing emotional devastation after being diagnosed with HIV may need an empathic listening ear to disclose. Set aside time to be with that person when a need to talk is expressed. Call regularly to find out how she or he is doing. This type of emotional support may promote emotional recovery and may help the person to come to terms with his or her diagnosis.
Similarly, a bereaved person may for example need practical help in the house in the first few days after bereavement. These may include meal preparation, dish washing, and baby sitting or running some errands. Be there for a person in mourning and find out what practical help he or she needs.
Try to understand rather than to fix the hurting person’s feelings
In the helping process, it is important to try to understand the expressed as well as the unexpressed feelings of a person and to show this understanding to that person by the way you respond to what is said. This calls for empathic listening. You can paraphrase what the person is saying to show that you understand what is said and to clarify any misconceptions. Do not rush to offer solutions or try to make a person feel better but acknowledge the person’s
The following quotation has been true to me in times of distress. It has also been helpful to women experiencing labour pains during child-birth. Knowing that in few hours’ time or the following day the child will be born and they will be free of pain helps them to bear the current labour pains with courage.
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Hope is a feeling that something good is going to happen. It is confidence that God is at work and that changes are going to happen in the future. It is an essential ingredient for both physical and mental well-being. If you expect that something good …show more content…
When you reach out to a hurting person with unconditional love and encouragement, you help make the pain bearable or less painful. The intensity of the negative feelings such as anger, bitterness, frustration or sarcasm that are often experienced by a hurting person is often decreased when unconditional love is experienced. This includes a non-judgemental attitude as judging an injured person may deepen his or her pain, especially when that person is dealing with the pain of betrayal or divorce. It is important to remember that a hurting person needs an expression of love that he or she can see or feel and this may include a hug, an invitation for a meal or a comforting note in the …show more content…
This may include both emotional support and practical help. A person who is experiencing emotional devastation after being diagnosed with HIV may need an empathic listening ear to disclose. Set aside time to be with that person when a need to talk is expressed. Call regularly to find out how she or he is doing. This type of emotional support may promote emotional recovery and may help the person to come to terms with his or her diagnosis.
Similarly, a bereaved person may for example need practical help in the house in the first few days after bereavement. These may include meal preparation, dish washing, and baby sitting or running some errands. Be there for a person in mourning and find out what practical help he or she needs.
Try to understand rather than to fix the hurting person’s feelings
In the helping process, it is important to try to understand the expressed as well as the unexpressed feelings of a person and to show this understanding to that person by the way you respond to what is said. This calls for empathic listening. You can paraphrase what the person is saying to show that you understand what is said and to clarify any misconceptions. Do not rush to offer solutions or try to make a person feel better but acknowledge the person’s