The Dave Test

What is the Dave Test? Basic, important, raw questions you can ask yourself when someone you love is suffering, in crisis, unhinged, maybe dying. Before you even think about opening your mouth and blowing chunks of platitudes, or running, or “minimizing the painful,” do the real work of living, of being a friend: take the Dave Test.Roughly speaking the modern American mindset revolves around this life philosophy:·Minimize the painful or unwelcome.·Maximize the pleasant and satisfying.·If and whe