In the Broadway play. "A Raisin in the Sun," a father dies, survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.  Each has a different idea on how to use the father's inheritance. The widow wants to buy a new home. The daughter sees it as her opportunity to go to medical school. The son wants to go in business with a friend. "Don't you see." he says to his mother and sister, "if I take this money I can do all these things for both of you."
So the son gets the money, gives it to the friend and the friend skips town. And the son has the difficult task of telling his mother and sister that all the money is lost. The mother responds sympathetically. She rubs his neck and says, "Honey. I know you feel so bad." Whereupon, the sister says, "How can you love him with what he has done? He doesn't deserve to be loved. He doesn't deserve any love."
To which the mother replies:
"Honey, when do you think is the time to love somebody? Is it when they get a big promotion? Is it when they're successful? Is it when all their investments pay off? Is that the time you love somebody? Honey, the time to love someone is when they're down-and-out. The time to love someone is when they've made a mistake in their life and they feel bad. The time to love somebody is when they have nobody to reach out to. The time to love somebody is when life has whipped and beaten them. That's the time to love somebody."

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