Love more. Forgive more. Embrace more.

On his Pivot podcast that he co-hosts with Kara Swisher, Scott “Professor G” Galloway read a very touching passage that he attributed to the recently passed Pope Francit. The moment was too touching not to reflect on, and, with a small choke in his voice I loved his positive masculinity and vulnerability.

Here is a transcription of that passage. Scott Galloway, reading:

The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches. They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports. It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor, a privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar.

In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist, a police officer, and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care. A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant ready to receive the organ from a poor donor. It's in these moments when the hospital touches the wounds of people that different worlds intersect according to divine design.

And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone we are nothing. The absolute truth of people most of the time only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss. A hospital is a place where human beings remove their mass and show themselves as they truly are in their purest essence.

This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it. Fighting with people. Do not criticize your body too much. Do not complain excessively. Do not lose sleep over bills. Make sure you hug your loved ones. Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless. Material goods must be earned by each person. Do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance you are waiting for.

You are waiting far too much. Christmas, Friday next year when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect, listen. Perfection does not exist. A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled Here. Here we are given an opportunity to learn, so make the most of this trial of life and do it now.

Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path and let go of the path others have chosen for you. Respect. Do not comment. Do not judge. Do not interfere. Love more. Forgive more. Embrace more. Live more intensely and leave the rest in the hands of the creator.

Wow. Anyways, Pope Francis, rest in peace.