Humanity

This quote is from the television show, Blue Bloods Season 2, Episode 22 (Mother's Day) spoken by New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) to Pop (Lou Cariou as Henry Reagan).

"I'm tired, Pop. The kind of tired you can't sleep off. It's not the big stuff. Hell. . . It's easy to make decisions to protect 8 million people on this island. What's hard. . . is knowing how that affects one single person, one single family. And if you lose sight of that you lose your humanity."

 

Support

"Support is only worth what it costs you to give it."  

Donnie Wahlberg, Blue Bloods Holdouts Episode 11/20/15

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" 

"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Genesis 4:9

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.  They gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything - all she had to live on."  Mark 12: 43-44

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."  Matt 6:21

Donnie's words have been on my mind for months. The scripture only intensifies my contemplation.

I think someone is trying to tell me something.

Good People

Blue Bloods: "Backstabbers"  Episode.

A dinner discussion revolves around the fact that a good friend has used and lied to Nikki. It's happened to all of us at one time or another.

Nikki (Sami Gayle):  "Well, next time, I'm going to think long and hard before jumping in to help somebody."

Commissioner (Tom Selleck):  "Can't do that."