Friday; April 1
I have never been a big fan of the social phenomenon known as April Fool’s Day. Maybe it was that I didn’t like the tricks people played on me, but I think that my bigger concern is that we have enough of a problem with telling the truth that a day dedicated to deception just didn’t seem like a good idea. Now before I get too deep into this, I guess there is no harm in a little good-nature fun, I am just not an advocate. We live in a world that struggles with truth. In addition to a propensity to mislead people for our gain, we have a tendency to spin the truth in a way that benefits our way of thinking. On top of that, it has become convenient to change the “truth” to fit a more modern agenda or belief system. (By the way, it might be tempting to make things fit our way of thinking, but no matter how much we want to alter the truth, the truth is still the truth). On this April Fool’s Day let’s keep in mind the importance of truth and transparency. The wise man of the Old Testa