It’s a dog eat dog world out there sometimes isn’t it? The survival of the fittest, every man for himself, look out for number one. These are pretty common phrases and even more common attitudes in our culture today.

 

While it is an exciting time, it’s also a time for me to look back and reflect on the last 20 years of my life.  Did my husband and I do everything we could in raising our children?  Do they have a strong, firm foundation of their faith in God?  Are they ready to face what’s out for them in the world?  Knowing that common sense is in my opinion the oxy moron of the century, did I help them establish a good sense of right and wrong?

Donald Trump on his show ‘The Apprentice’ has made the term ‘You’re fired!’ a household expression.  But it’s a term that has always been pretty common among professional sporting circles, and the last week has been no exception.  Pat Quinn the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs – FIRED!  Marc Crawford the coach of the Vancouver Canucks – FIRED!  Over a period of five days both coaches were removed from the jobs that they had held for seven years.  Coaches’ jobs are constantly at risk when their team is not playing up to the expectations of management and they seldom last as long as Quinn and Crawford.  You can be ‘Coach of the Year’ one year and fired the next because it’s all about performance and there’s no long term security in this profession.