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The truth about wounded healers is that the person they most want to save is really just themselves.

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“I know I can’t save you guys,” you said, with a heavy heart, “But damn it, I can try.”

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Even if you laid by their side for 48 hours and listened, and held them and loved them through the nights and did it all “right” you still couldn’t have saved them.

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and find yourself empty-handed.

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I can’t lift the weight of the world off of your shoulders, but I can carry as much of it as you will let me. I can hold as much as you will give me.

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We don’t always notice the ones who need saving. Sometimes they’re the strong ones. The strongest person you may know. They wear the big smiles and carry the even bigger hearts.

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You are in love with what you think I am. Not for who I really am.

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I could hold you while you shake and be there when you break.