Carlos Welch, one of the founders of the Christian Counselling Centre, Vellore, and a counsellor who helped many, used to tell us, “Everybody needs counselling.” He also said, “As adults, we should stand on our own feet.”
I once asked him, “How do you put these two statements together?” They seemed to contradict each other.
His reply was simple and wise, “To be mature means to realize when you need help and seek it. There are times when the best thing we can do is to go to someone trustworthy and say, ‘I need help.’”
That is right. We all need help. No one is always strong.
Three Concentric Circles
Years ago, I saw the levels of our personality represented in a drawing. It was of three concentric circles.
Fr Joe Mannath SDB
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