OK, so maybe we can't draw straight lines connecting TV celebrity Jimmy Fallon, the late baseball great Ernie Banks and Pope Francis. Perhaps the task will require more looping circles than straight lines. But it occurred to me recently: all three share one thing in common. They love (or in the case of Banks, loved) what they do, and it shows. In each case, looking at their life's work, we see an effervescent joy that bubbles up from within them.
After Fallon took over “The Tonight Show” on NBC, I heard the comment over and over again: “He seems to really be enjoying himself.” And guess what. It's more fun to watch someone who's having fun!
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