You know how I said that celebrities are people that you should look to the good in, and ignore the rest? Mr. Giuliani is one of them. He's a great man, a great leader, and a truly insperational figure in my book. He isn't perfect, but he had a calling and he fulfilled it.
I read his book, Leadership, and this was one of the messages that I took from it. Giuliani lead NYC through the 9/11 attacks. It scares me that you will have to Google that. Ash teaches kids now that don't know what that was about. You will. I will make you. It's that important.
When Giuliani was talking in his book about weddings being optional, but funerals mandatory, he was speaking to the character of a man. Anyone can be there when times are good. A man, a good man, is there when things are rough. I hate funerals. I don't think I have ever been to one that I didn't cry at. I will never skip a funeral, but I will skip a wedding. Even though weddings have kegs and kids dancing.
When I was a kid, maybe 10 years old, my family went to my neighbor, Mrs. Schwartz's, funeral. I will never forget my dad pulling me aside afterwords. He told me not to cry for those who were gone, God had them. We needed to take care of those still here. It was one of those moments between a father and son that meant more than he will ever know. And now I am basterdizing in the hopes of teaching you a lesson.
You should be there for the good times, and enjoy them. You are responsible to be there when people need you. That is the measure of a man. It isn't always easy, it's rarely ever fun, but it is what is right.
well said!
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