To Counsel or to Console?

We all have different gifts.

I was listening to some Carissa Schumacher tapes recently when a moment jumped out at me: She said that our essence can be governed by the gifts we have to console, or the gifts we have to counsel. Yep, two primary camps.

Whitney Bedford, “Empire,” 2018, Ink and oil on linen on panel, Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles, Photo credit: Evan…