[Overpaid Slacker]

OK, it's kitschy, and at my age, I should probably know this.

The 'Slack, waiting at my desk today to close the hyoooojest deal my firm's ever done, pulled up Evan Almighty, and while watching it, listening in on a teleconference I'd muted, came this line.

It requires context, and, frankly, imagining Morgan Freeman (as God) delivering it:

Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient?

If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous?

If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

Life changing? For those (most) of you who are more mature than I am, probably not. For me ... it may be. Which may be sad; but it'd be more sad never to have thought of it that way.

Best,

JP