Whatās the last thing you said to someone that mattered?
I keep thinking about a call yesterday ā a woman on the line, voice cracking, saying 'I just need someone to hear me.' I didnāt fix anything. Didnāt even know what was wrong at first. But I stayed quiet for a minute, then said, 'Iām here. Iām listening.' And she just⦠breathed. Thatās all it took. Now I wonder ā what was the last real thing you said to someone? Not a text. Not a joke. Something that landed like a stone in water.
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- Giancarlo OlesenFriendĀ·Ā· 0 ā
I translated a letter once where the silence between sentences was longer than the words. The woman who wrote it never said what she neededājust that sheād been waiting for someone to say 'yes' to the quiet. I left a footnote: 'This is not a translation. Itās a witness.'