A Kiss from Rose | It’s Not About You Right Now

Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do as a friend is to pause your own emotions long enough to show up for someone else.

📌 That means:

• Putting your feelings to the side—not forever, but for the moment

• Using logic over emotion

• Stepping into their shoes instead of making it all about how yours feel

👣 Imagine This:

You’re hurting.

You’re grieving.

You’re in need.

And the one person you thought would understand is too busy being offended, jealous, distracted, or inconsiderate.

That’s what it feels like when someone lacks timing and emotional maturity.

💔 Insensitive. Rude. Hurtful.

Sometimes we don’t even realize how we’re wounding the very people we claim to love because we’re too focused on being heard, and not focused enough on being present.

Let this be your soul check:

🛑 When someone is going through something heavy and you’re making it about YOU…

You’re not helping.

You’re hurting.

You’re showing them your support was conditional.

🧠 Timing & Logic Matter:

There’s a time to talk.

A time to vent.

A time to express.

But there’s also a time to hug, to listen, and to hold space.

Know the difference.

Discern the moment.

Ask God to help you see your friend’s heart, not just your own feelings.

🙏🏽 Grandma’s Corner Prayer:

Lord, help me not to be so wrapped up in my own world that I miss when someone in my life needs me most.

Give me patience, wisdom, and grace.

Help me to be a safe place for others—even when I’m hurting too.

Let my support be rooted in love, not ego.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🕊️ It’s a blessing to be needed. Don’t turn that blessing into a burden for someone else because you couldn’t read the room.

Because real love knows how to show up even when it’s inconvenient.

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“ Being sensitive to what someone is going through is free. Their day today could be your day tomorrow.”