Diligence
Diligence – giving the degree of care required in a given situation. As I write this, students at Penn State University are reeling from the announcement that the Board of Trustees has fired Joe Paterno, legendary head football coach, and Graham Spanier, University president. It appears that a majority of students interviewed believe that Paterno in particular is being unfairly treated. I’d like to write as though I had the opportunity to address the students directly. In my career as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor, there is no trauma I’ve seen with greater long-term psychic damage...
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