NAIVE

Monday, September 10, 2007

As a child I was taught to respect all those in authority: teachers, policemen, crossing guards, ministers, and the list goes on, including anybody and everybody older than me. I diligently obeyed—then and now!

HOW NAÏVE!

Naiveté comes in with me thinking that all these people deserve respect. Why flip, some of these people haven’t got sense enough to get in out of the rain (of course that isn’t a problem in Arizona). And some of them set such a sorry example that you can’t look to them for leadership. I see this especially in our United States Congress. What a bunch of country bumpkins on both sides of the aisle. Just being ignorant isn’t as bad as being down right dishonest.

AM I BEING CYNICAL? I hope not. One can be cynical to the point of sin. I certainly don’t want that. However, I don’t want to continue being naïve.