Dave Evans

So what I really need to do is figure out why I need to learn something from this and what is it.

Can you help me with that?

I was stuck a little bit because I thought, oh, my God.

I don't think that's what's going on.

And here's this guy who's a lovely guy.

And the truth is he's dying.

The truth is he's got a severe medical threat and it's not going well.

And he's counting on me to help him get someplace I don't think he can go.

So what I was really struggling with is how do I deliver the bad news that, Gary, I think you're asking the wrong question.

Well, yes, unfortunately, he was surrounded with well-meaning, cheerful people.

who wanted him to feel better, you know?

And so there were a group of guys he regularly had lunch with, and they were encouraging, like, you can do this, Gary.

And he goes, I'm going to try to get back to where they go.

That's great.

You keep going, buddy.

You know, so they all were trying to cheerlead.

And unfortunately, they were cheerleading him down what I thought was a dead end that was going to end very, very badly.

So, you know, there's the old phrase, the road to hell is paved with good intention.

There's a lot of good intention surrounding him, but frankly, I think it was going a terrible place.

Well, keep in mind, I met Gary at church, which means, you know, he was a person of faith, and that was a big part of the story.