What do you do when friends cry out for help and you need it also

Suszanne, He puts no more on us than we can bare.  I ask myself that sometimes also.  My friends call me crying all the time, and sometimes, I need to cry.  But I just say Hey Lord you know best, I just suck it up and keep it moving.  I had a friend call me yesterday in tears, she suffers from depression, when she called I knew something was wrong, I was already drained, but I said to myself, Lord if you will sustain me, I will continue on, and guess what He did!  I myself feed off of other's troubles, yes I am wierd, but that is what keeps me going.  The old song says, If I can help somebody, as I travel on, then my living shall not be in vain."  Now that works for me, it may not work for you, but it works for me.  Then my creative juices get to flowing, and I start crafting, then somebody benefits, yes I am wierd, I know it, but that is me.  I love people, I love helping, when I read on the MS Central and the Depression Central I spend a lot of time crying, but I am not sad, I just love and care about people, call be a big old sapp!  sherry/smomdukes

I think they see in you something you do not see.

All you can do for them is be yourself and give what you can, from what I've read here and elsewhere, that is a lot, whether that is enough, is simply beyond your control sometimes.

Hey Suzanne

I just wanted to tell you how much you are appreciated.  You have gone through so much and it is true...when you have gone through things people sense that and they look to you for help.  But you are only one person and sometimes you cannot help everyone who needs it.  When we have been through bad times...we so easily identify with others who are also going through bad things.  There is this whole world out there of tears...one could drown in them.

I remember a story about Mother Teresa once where a reporter asked, "Isn't it terrible Sister?  Ten thousand refugees are pouring into Calcutta everyday from Bangladesh, and there is no food or housing for them."  "No," replied Mother Teresa, "it is wonderful.  See, he just took food," pointing to the malnourished child in her arms who had just taken a spoonful of milk.  Even saints can only help one person at a time.

Sometimes you have to find grace in the small things you can do...to know that you have helped many people just by surviving your own existence...by sharing your story in words...by reaching out when you are able.  But do not feel bad when you must look after yourself and your own well being. 

Thank you so much for all that you do and especially on these sites.  But do look after you...we need you well and feeling good.