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What does it mean?
Recognizing deep sorrow in someone's eyes and offering to replace it with beauty.
In plain terms
I see your sadness and want to fix it.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge others pain.

Where it applies

  • relationships
  • art
  • therapy

Putting it to work

  • listening
  • gift giving
  • art

Questions to consider

  • What do you wish you could change for others?
  • How do you handle sadness?

Another view

Sorrow often cannot be simply removed.

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