The home supporters' unbridled joy at what would have proven a tie-winning goal was short-lived, though, as the referee had given a handball against Yaya Toure in the build-up long before.
What we can take from Phillips aka Dear Abby is a healthy respect for the joy that life delivers but an understanding that if you really want to give advice you cannot pull punches.
Morgan Stanley's instability has been ajoy to watch for competing firms, who have enjoyed the way Mr Purcell has run what was once the most prominent franchise on Wall Street.
And then, coming to a realization that having peace and joy in your own life, some relationship with a higher being can give you most of what you wished for.