Monday; October 18
Periodically, when someone thanks me for doing something for them I will say, “It’s the least I can do.” … then, I will follow it up with a simplistic attempt at humor, “And let it be known that I typically do the least I can do.”. In reality, I hope this is a sophomoric attempt at humor and not a true accurate assessment of my character. The last couple of years have changed us and it remains to be seen if those changes are temporary or permanent. One of the things that I have noticed is how easy it is to excuse inactivity. While I am sure there are some things that haven’t been accomplished because of legitimate reasons, I also believe it has become very convenient to excuse our ineffectiveness. If there is something we don’t want to do, we have a built-in excuse for not doing it. Unfortunately, inactivity breeds inactivity and pretty soon it becomes more difficult to do what we should be doing. Again, I am not condemning inactivity caused by legitimate limitations, my conc