The Gift of Presence

  • December 22, 2025
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In 2020, during a particularly challenging time, I visited a friend who had lost his job. As we spoke, I noticed a neighbor struggling to carry groceries up the stairs. Despite his own troubles, my friend got up and said, “Let me help you with that.”

Seeing him step outside his own worries to assist someone else moved me deeply. It reminded me how a simple act of kindness could not only lighten someone’s load but also uplift the giver in unexpected ways.

How many of us can find a moment to help someone, even when we are weighed down by our own challenges?

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