A month ago - exactly one month! - I posted this analysis of a piece that, despite my comments, I enjoyed a great deal. I feel my perspective on 'The Tail End' added some precision to the main idea. But it came at the expense of a certain consideration - it no longer tells people what they need to hear.
In other words, those who agreed with my thinking probably didn't change their behavior, which means my thinking reinforced certain relationship problems. In the context of how people should approach their remaining time with others, what they need to hear is in the original, not my analysis. That's not to say that I'm incorrect, but I certainly didn't motivate any behavior changes; an accessible good idea always beats an inaccessible great idea.
