Love is a Behavior

“Personally, it has taken me 47 years to stop calling people who are mean to you, ‘in love’ with you.” — Uma Thurman

I saw an all too familiar, but deeply disturbing sight the other day. I watched a young man, stand in the light rain with his son, who seemed to be about six years old. The man was engrossed in texting on his phone, completely ignoring his son who was crying gently, plaintively telling his father that he was cold and wet and asking his dad to please pick him up and take him home. His father, without ever losing a moment’s focus on his texting, reassured his son that “It’s OK buddy…