QUO VADIS

I have read several articles from a variety of sources regarding character and the lack of moral values so prevalent today.  I suppose philosophers and moralists throughout history have decried this problem, but I must say I, too, am concerned with who and where we are today.


It seems our moral compasses are somehow out of kilter and skewing wildly, leading us to bad decisions and bad places. Right choices seem rarer, and expediency and the easy course seem to be winning out in too many situations.


Look at some of today's news. Take the Sandusky case. If only a few key people had done the right thing at the right time years ago, this whole mess might have been stopped with the tragic implications of lives ruined or marred. There still would have been pain and loss but to a much lesser extent. Or the Roger Clemens trial. A poor presentation  and mishandling of the case by the government has freed Clemens, although in the court of public opinion he is overwhelmingly guilty. The implications of a baseball hero who corrupted the rules and his talent is an all too frequent story today.  Or a variety of banking and business scandals where morality was thrown out the window in the name of greater profits, even if the majority of people were hurt badly in the process. And, of course, we have many congresspeople who put self-interest ahead of public interest time and time again.


Easy choices, wrong choices, arrogant choices all add up to leaving us wandering in limbo. A moral fog seems to have enveloped us, and we can't see our way clear. We need to reorient that moral compass.


Quo vadis---where are we going?  We need some direction to the right places. I hope we find it before it's too late.