Seeking Receivers of Your Truths?

I will preface this blog post with the fact that this was an exercise from my writing group and it evolved into this ad!

Are you seeking receivers of your truths, a place you can trust said truths will be heard and kept safe? Rest assured your truths will be written on my heart to process and determine if I need to act or not!

My ears are all yours!

My ears have been sought out by many. From friends with a struggle to elderly souls needing some connection with a willing listener. Sometimes almost by surprise their need for my listening ear has been sought out like nautical vessels seeking safe harbor in the dark from a reassuring beacon of light.

I was probably a junior in high school when a dear friend passed me a note telling me that she had tried to harm herself by taking rat poison the night before. Now it has been a hot minute since I was in high school, so my memory may not be totally accurate, but I do know she was making a choice to trust me with her truth.

I was obviously scared because I had no idea about what to do with that information. I know I had to decide whether to break my friend's confidence and tell my mom and ask for her advice. Of course, my mom had never dealt with a situation like this so she offered to just keep an eye on my friend and to be there for her. Being able to share with my mom offered me relief to not to have to hold all that heavy truth alone. I believe I became more aware from then on that I could be a good listener for others. You will not believe how many sweet elderly people I attract for conversations! Often times I felt like Lucy from the Peanuts cartoon with the Doctor is In sign up! I am not pretending to be any kind of doctor by the way! I just feel like people have sought me out when they needed to talk.

I feel like I want to visit with my friend now as adults and talk about the incident and apologize for not knowing what to do about the situation at that time. I want her to know that I did keep her confidence all this time even though I had to share with my mom. I never passed the information further. (I think almost 40 years later it is okay to share the story!) I want to ask her what she was going through at that point in time in her life. What made her want to take her life? I know we had to have had conversations then, but I am sure I cannot remember details now.

Exploring this special quality I possess helped me learn that my ears are receivers of truths. So if you are seeking a safe place to release your truths, you have come to the right place! Free of charge, of course!