Make the Chili

Buddy Johnson

A good friend of mine unexpectedly lost his wife. A couple of months later, we were golfing together and chatting about nothing in particular. He asked what my dinner plans were, and I told him that wifey wanted my homemade chili and cornbread, but I didn’t feel like stopping at the store. We golfed a few more minutes when he quietly said, “Make the chili.”

It took me a few minutes to realize we were no longer talking about dinner. It was about going out of your way to do something for someone you love because, at any moment, he or she could unexpectedly be taken from you. So today, I’m sharing with you that wisdom handed to me by my dear friend, about whom I’ve thought of many times since that day.

Next time someone you love wants you to go for a walk, watch a football game, play a board game, turn off the TV or just put your phone down and give her or him your undivided attention, just do it. “Make the chili.”

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