Writing: You first.

Take care of yourself.

People always say that, but there’s a little physics equation mixed in there.

I’m pretty sure you can’t take care of other folks any better than you take care of yourself. And you know it’s true – you see amazing people who take care of amazing numbers of people with amazing numbers of problems, in amazing ways, because they look after themselves well.

The little lesson of this is echoed every time a plane is about to take off, as the flight attendant reviews those air thingies that’ll come down if there’s an emergency. If you’re like me, if you were with your kid, the FIRST thing you would do is strap the oxygen thing on to the kid. Then you slump over for lack of oxygen, and the four year old laughs because they think you’re playing. “Wake up, Papa!”

It’s a key part of the equation, so you’ll have more to give.

– Brother  Ian