Michael Malice

I've seen both situations happen more times than I can count.

But Scott never tried to make people sad or depressed.

Not once.

It wasn't part of his vocabulary.

And since he never tried at it, we also know he never failed at it.

So why would he want us to feel that way?

He was a great communicator, both in his words and his actions, and both his words and his actions showed that he wanted us to laugh and he wanted us to think, but not be sad.

How would that help him?

It wouldn't, of course.

In fact, if he were sad, he'd probably want to go for the reframe to get us out of that sadness as quickly as possible.

So let's think of this as a party.

Like we've politely waited long enough for Scott to arrive.

It's time to begin.

You're yawning because where is he already?

Come on, it's taking so long.

Maybe we can even get a little annoyed that he's not here because he's missing out.

He'd find that funny.

We could still have a good time without him.

And I think that's what he would have wanted.

Thank you so much.