And while I'm on a tirade, here is another one of my Pet Peeves: 

Please don't say, "I'll pray for you" or "I've been meaning to call you", if you DON'T MEAN IT.  (News Flash:  That's called a LIE.)  Stop and pray for them RIGHT THEN.  If you've been "meaning to call" someone,  and it's been a month, then you would have already done it.  Plain and simple.

Unfortunately, we become so tied up in "canned responses" and cliches that our words seem to lose their effectiveness.

As I arrived down at the Condo pool earlier this week, it was completely deserted, save for the pool cleaning guy, stooped over the filter basket.  I asked him how he was doing.   He was an older gentleman, sweat soaking his shirt, with a look of exasperation, and he said to me, "Not real good.  I'm hot and I'm tired."

And, ya know, that opened the door to a whole new conversation.  One that otherwise would have ended with, "I'm fine.  How are you."   And we both would have gone our own separate ways, knowing deep down inside that we were BOTH LIARS.

So, start today by telling someone something and MEANING IT.