What the cold light showed me was that my situation was simply unlivable. I wanted, with a desire greater than any desire which I had ever conceived … - Iris Murdoch

I know how much you grieve over those who are under your care: those you try to help and fail, those you cannot help. Have faith in God and remember that He will is His own way and in His own time complete what we so poorly attempt. Often we do not achieve for others the good that we intend but achieve something, something that goes on from our effort. Good is an overflow. Where we generously and sincerely intend it, we are engaged in a work of creation which may be mysterious even to ourselves - and because it is mysterious we may be afraid of it. But this should not make us draw back. God can always show us, if we will, a higher and a better way; and we can only learn to love by loving. Remember that all our failures are ultimately failures in love. Imperfect love must not be condemned and rejected but made perfect. The way is always forward, never back.

(I think I fell in love with you when you were shouting at Romeo and Juliet, 'Don't touch each other!')

He was glad that he had expressed to her, however blunderingly, what he felt. He was glad that he had held her hand.