All that family is is a room full of people with a candle in the middle of it.
… All that family is is keeping the candle lit.
What do you do when one relative says,
“Ba Humbug, gafaw, I can’t do this, WHEW.”
And blows the candle out.
First of all, the whole room is dark.
… Do you grab the guy’s collar and say,
“Hey, you just blew the candle out. You take responsibility, and relight the candle.”
Or, do you let go of the guy’s collar, and nurture the candle back to light? ...