"You can hardly understand until you come into touch with them what simple, warm-hearted people the Shan and other Christians are. Sam Bwa told me that I could be of help to them even if I could say nothing ... the mere fact of your coming to see them, showing yourself genuinely pleased to sit with them in their houses, attend their services, share their food and generally make yourself one with them is enough to endear you to them ... If they see that you love them and like to be with them, they love you in return."
p41, Mountain Rain, The Biography of James O. Fraser
This feels like a definite hint on how to reach into the lives of people we meet everyday — just enjoy being with them.
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