A burning question...

Why is it the people who need the most help... won't take it?

Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

These words from the movie, "A River Runs Through It", pretty much sum up what has been running through my mind the past week. Two friends of mine are both going through tough times in their lives right now. Both have been there for me in the past when I was in need of someone to listen, advise and provide a shoulder to lean on. Yet, in their time of need, both have chosen to hold me at arm's length and go through their separate trials alone. Both have turned to me in the past, and perhaps that's what keeps them from doing it again...that they feel they have turned to me once too often. If either, or both, happen to read this, and I know they do occasionally, here's how I would respond: "You are WRONG!". I've said on numerous occasions that friends do NOT keep score. They both must know that I WANT to help, even if it's only someone to listen. At least one of these friends does not have that. So, to both of them I say, "I'm here for you". IABHFYB

In the meantime, I worry.