Talking Heals The following passage written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik in her book, A Life for a Life, eloquently expresses the priceless value of someone to talk to: “Oh, the comfort- the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person-having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with a breath of kindness blow the rest aw