Or what is it you used to say when we__ to go out in my pickup truck down by the pond, just the two of us? I__ the bit to your bridle. I__ the Jack in your Daniels_.__ould it be weird if I were shedding tears right now?__ou__e the fruit in my pie_you__e the sprinkles on my cake,_ I finish his sentence.

It's not at all hard to understand a person it's only hard to listen without bias.

Learning about Poverty_. __wo young American Jesuits showed up at the Jesuit headquarters in Rome. Father Arrupe asked what assignment had brought them there. They explained that they were on their way to India to work with the poor, as part of their training. Afterward Arrupe said to an assistant, __t certainly costs us a lot of money to teach our men about poverty_.

Sorry," I said. There was little healing power in the word, but maybe the Inspectre wasn't looking to heal. Maybe he didn't want someone to fix it. It had been broken too long for me to think anything I said would actually help. It was like trying to put a Band-Aid on a shark bite. Sometimes people just needed to vent and get it out of their system.

Each new friend gives rise to the possibility of anything!

May you hear the voice of wisdom.Listening, may you act with trust.