Hmmm, there’s Bob. I haven’t seen him in a while so I think I’ll go over and talk with him for a minute. “Hey, Bob! How’s it goin’?”

“Well let me tell you Gene, things have never been so good for me. Last year I started my own business and within nine months had made over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars! Two hundred and fifty! Can you believe that? Well, since I was doing so good, I went out and bought a brand new house up in the new Elite Subdivision by the lake. Got a heck of a deal for it, too. It was originally going for one point four – that’s as in million – do you believe that? - but I was able to con them down to only one point two. Remember, that’s million, right? Can you believe it? Then Linda says to me, “Bob, we really need to get at least two new cars to go with our one point two million dollar house.” So I said “Sure, why not?” And the very next day we went down to the Special Car dealership – you know the one I mean, right? And we picked out one of those Super Deluxe SUV’s – you know the one I’m talking about, right? But I tell you what, we got one heck of a deal! Yep, turns out the owner of the dealership has the house right across the street from our new one and because we’re neighbors – can you believe that? – he cut us one heck of a deal. He also personally – you hearing me here? – personally wrote out the special order for our new Special Deluxe convertible. Had to pull a few strings at the factory to get it on the assembly line but hey, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know, right? Then since we were right down on Snob Row, Linda and I figured we might as well just cruise into the Deluxe Speedboat dealership and you wouldn’t believe what we got. You know that special, blah, blah, blah……”

Wonder what I did to deserve all that? Oh yeah, I did ask him how it was going, didn’t I? Remind me to not do that again. Oh hey, there’s Helen! It must be at least five or six years since I talked with her. “Helen! Helen! Hi – how are you?”

“Oh, Gene! It’s good to see you again. Gene, you won’t believe what I’ve gone through since we talked at the – where was it now? – I just can’t seem to remember things anymore. Anyway, had I had my hysterectomy the last time I saw you? Golly, it seems so long ago and yet it really wasn’t.

Sure, I know that folks like Bob and Helen are on this old planet for a reason and maybe it’s to learn that they have a lot left to learn. And maybe there’s a lesson in this for me too. Maybe it’s tolerance. Maybe…

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