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Do you have someone who says “get up” when you fall?

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Do you have someone who says “get up” when you fall? Someone who says “everything will be fine” when sorrow takes hold of you? Is there anyone in the desert of your life who would fight with all their heart to bring you out of the darkness? Not those who eat pilaf with you on holidays, drink coffee with you, praise you when they need something, ask you for loans and eagerly make use of your help — but is there anyone at all who would grieve for you, who would share your pain?.. Most likely you will answer NO. If you think deeper, that is the merciless answer. Do you think there is? Life itself will make you a witness to how those who were there leave without a trace. Therefore, do not trust the boon companions who fill your surroundings — that is, do not think you can lean on them. You may allow them to lean on you, but do not lean on them. Do not lean, or you will fall. You have no one in this world who will catch you. If you do have such a person… then both you and they belong to an extremely rare, exceedingly rare kind among humankind. Your worth is beyond price. If all the rest are the froth on molten ore, you are the ore itself. But for that to be so, loyalty, years and trials are needed.

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