Monday; June 3
One of the blessings of living in a democracy is that the law is applied equally. It doesn’t matter who you are, you are held to the same accountability as everyone else. One of the challenges of a democracy is holding everyone to the same standard as everyone else. Interestingly, as simple as this sounds, it isn’t always applied across the board. Sometimes because the system plays favorites and other times because we vacillate between equal justice and equitable justice. Through the years our nation has struggled with this challenge – and modern times are no different. However, rather than blasting our nation, what if we all took it upon ourselves to do what is right? Rather than excusing our inappropriate behavior because we are too rich or too poor … or because I didn’t know any better … what if we just followed the law? Sure our legal system has the responsibility of applying the law justly, but we could make it a lot easer on everyone if we just committed to being law-