Point To Ponder

I apologize right now for going into teacher mode this week, but … well … I think you’ll understand why if you bear with me.

Back in my teaching days, I would include a famous poem by John Donne in my Literature classes that I’ll bet you might have heard some lines from … No Man is an Island.

It’s really not a long poem – in fact its really short – but its one of those short reads that says an awful lot and makes you think.

First, the background – it was written in 17th century England, where it was customary for the church bells to toll in honor of the dead at a funeral. So, the common questi...