TGIF / last chance to dress like it's winter

- Which is better - forced enthusiasm or genuine disinterest?

- Neither. Be interested. Be present. If you aren't interested that's a failure on your part. That's your fault, not theirs. What it shows is a failure of imagination and human empathy. Find a way to care, tap into that hidden pulse of living, the thing just beneath the surface that makes each of you alive. Search until you find the connection, until you hit a feeling. And then speak honestly and candidly, from the heart. If they aren't being honest, try and figure out why they aren't. Sit up straight. Pay attention. Be engaged. Are they tired? Are they sad? Address that, whether explicitly or in the subtext, but don't gloss over it. Don't just speak to the pose. Take the time and effort to search the real person. Dare to disturb the everyday facade of doing just fine. But I warn you if you do, be prepared for the consequences. The truth is often the thing that gets you into a lot of trouble.

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Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

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I've been thinking a lot about the poor lately. People who have more than they need and people who don't have enough. And what it means to love your neighbour as yourself.

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A ruler questioned Him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. "You know the commandments, 'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'"And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth." When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

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" -I don't know, I sometimes miss the older -Are you sure? Yeah! -I look back. 

You can miss anything. 

You can, even if it's bad.  

I had that thought this morning because my oldest is going to middle school. It's a real schlepp now, the morning, and I thought, "This will be a tough winter. " Then my second thought was, "I'm gonna miss this. There's gonna be a day where I'm not gonna do this again. "  

That's very rich, Louis.  

-That's good stuff, right? -That's good stuff, man. "

- Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee