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30 Days of Tolkien – Day 17

Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you! – Sam — The Return of the King

My Take – We can’t take over and solve our friends’ problems, but we can be there to be what they use to hold themselves up.  When you let someone lean on you, you pay back all of the people who have supported you when you needed it.

by daddybear71 on September 19, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on September 19, 2012

https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/19/30-days-of-tolkien-day-17/

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  1. Old NFO's avatar

    Old NFO

     /  September 19, 2012

    Excellent point, and we DO feel better for helping others (when we recover)… 🙂

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  2. 3boxesofbs's avatar

    3boxesofbs

     /  September 19, 2012

    One of the exercises in Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is to write out what you want others to say at funeral. If I want to be known as a person with many friends who share your burdens; then I need to BE the person who has picked up my friends burdens from time to time.

    The time to develop friendships that sustain us isn’t in the middle of a crisis.

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    • daddybear71's avatar

      daddybear71

       /  September 19, 2012

      Exactly. What makes a good relationship is that those in it know they can lean on others and be leaned on with no worries.

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