Sometimes real love is in helping people fix themselves rather than watch them be broken. I'm pro-tough love, but it requires a lot of care and tact.
It's much easier to sit back and fluff a friend's self-esteem -- so much easier that it's an institutionalized policy in public schools -- but you can't fight demons you can't name, and sometimes you need a friend to call them out.
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Date: 2004-11-20 04:48 pm (UTC)It's much easier to sit back and fluff a friend's self-esteem -- so much easier that it's an institutionalized policy in public schools -- but you can't fight demons you can't name, and sometimes you need a friend to call them out.