Always go to the funeral

This beautiful essay from the "This I Believe" series on National Public Radio was first aired in 2005, but it's the most re-tweeted item I ever put on Twitter, so I am posting it here on my blog, too. Here's my favorite quote from Diedre Sullivan's essay about her father's advice to "always go to the funeral":

"'Always go to the funeral' means that I have to do the right thing when I really, really don't feel like it. I have to remind myself of it when I could make some small gesture, but I don't really have to and I definitely don't want to. I'm talking about those things that represent only inconvenience to me, but the world to the other guy. You know, the painfully under-attended birthday party. The hospital visit during happy hour. The Shiva call for one of my ex's uncles. In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn't been good versus evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing." 

Read the full essay by clicking HERE.