Posts Tagged ‘Youth’
Values and common sense
Do you ever wonder about our lost values, our disappearing common sense? Where is our foundation, our cornerstone, showing us the values that are America? Our foundation is crumbling and a cornerstone is hard to find. And we have fewer anchors to look to for help understanding what we are, and what we should aspire to be.
Who takes the risk and pays for our choices?
On June 6, 2006, a tragic accident occurred during a little league baseball game. The 14-year-old pitcher was hit in the chest by a line drive off a metal bat. Unbelievably, when the ball struck the young man’s chest, his heart went into ventricular fibrillation, a rhythm incompatible with life. He remained in this rhythm until the paramedics arrived and “shocked” him back into a normal rhythm. Unfortunately, he suffered permanent brain injury and will live with significant disabilities the rest of his life. The family’s attorney estimates this young man’s future care will cost millions of dollars.
