My forte would not be human relations or the touchy-feely stuff.
Any strengths I have probably lie elsewhere, I will admit that.
I am capable of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Not out of malice or intention but out of clumsiness and a dearth of those skills that my wife possesses.
So when a lady whose husband died rang the office and wanted to speak to me my first reaction was that I could not help her.
But the girl who took the call in the office told her I would call her back.
I did, and I am delighted I did.
I am also proud of having made that call as I was a long way out of my comfort zone.
All she wanted to do was speak to someone about the aching hole which has just opened up in her life.
And I am glad I called her back for the brief call.