"There is nothing as inspiring as someone doing good, in public, when things feel hideous and doomed. Let’s do some good, and let’s resist the temptation to browbeat those around us into doing good better. It’s not truly empathy if it’s procured at knifepoint, from the depleted." 

-Dahlia Lithwick

I appreciate that quote. I've seen it happen a few times recently in the form of well-meaning people peppering someone who is exhausted with advice, then watching these well-meaning people become frustrated when their advice is not warmly and quickly received.

I have been reading a lot recently, though.

I've aborted reading one book-- the Road Less Traveled. I used to read it once a year. Then I read the tale of the authors life, and his multiple infidelities. It turned me off of the book. It occurred to me that perhaps the challenge of life is much more than knowing the ways of the wise. It's equally important to be disciplined enough to actually improve yourself. The Road Less Traveled is very weak and how to achieve that discipline.