wise words from dad...

"Our time and energy are very limited"

"If we try to be polite and play along with everyone that we come into contact with, that would be quite a drain on both. It is good to realize that in one's lifetime, only a handful of people would become real friends. When you start to have children then your time becomes more precious and then you really need to try to manage your time. Like everything else, there is always a happy medium between being too accomodating and too distanced. Over time, the choices will become clearer, I think."