Monday; February 19
If you would
like to feel old, just count up the number of presidents who have served during
your lifetime. For me, I am on number 12
– Presidents Eisenhower through Trump.
Now, if the sheer number isn’t enough to make you feel your age, think
about it in terms of percentages – for me, I have personally lived under over
one quarter of the presidents. Wow! Now, in an effort to balance that out, I have
only seen one queen of England and somehow that makes me feel a little better. On this President’s
Day I find it interesting to look back on how our nation seems to project the
personality of our leaders. We are
blessed to have a balance of government where the power is not solely vested in
one person, but we cannot deny how a president’s personality influences our
outlook and perception. As I look back,
I can see the ebbs and flows ... the goods and bads … throughout the
administrations. As I reflected on
our chief executives, it drew my thoughts back to…