Good Firday

 Seems like an inappropriate name for a day in which someone is innocently tortured and crucified.  But if someone suffers out of love for another is there not something good about it?  Great love has great suffering.  A parent knows that.  Someone being of service to another out of a sense of compassion does suffer some in the effort to be helpful, especially if the one you are trying to help does not appreciate or want it.  A recovering alcoholic trying to be helpful to a drunk knows this very well.  So whether you believe in Jesus or not, at least for today try to get beyond “what will I get out of this good deed,” and just be helpful to others even if they don’t thank you or appreciate you.  You will become a better person, if you don’t whine, and is it not a good day if you grow?