Friday; March 25
It’s cherry blossom time in our part of the world. While we have a few old cherry trees in our community, they pale in comparison to what is found just up the road in Washington D. C. For all the challenges and changes that are found in our nation’s capital, the cherry trees that came to the U. S. in the early 1900s are dependable. While the exact date of their full glory fluctuates by a few days each year, we know that sometime in mid-to-late March we are going to see pink! I believe that dependability is not as important as it used to be. Sealing a deal with a handshake or believing that someone is as a good as their word has been replaced with contracts and ligation. We are more apt to enter into an agreement believing that we are going to force the other person to do what they said they were going to do than to expect that they will fulfill their vow. Yet, the thing that troubles me more than what “they” do is the slippery slope of what we expect from ourselves. Are we comm