John OdonohueOne of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people.
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True friendship is not about revealing each other’s secrets to the world. Rather, true friendship is about listening to one another and giving support in secret. True friends always listen to each other’s secrets while never revealing them.
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