Dear Editor,
In the past, this publication has graciously printed some Santa wish-lists of mine.
But, having recognized how naively idealistic and un-realistic many of those wishes were, I have decided that this year, I would submit a New Year’s resolution instead.
As a grandfather and retired educator, I’m hopeful I can do a decent job satisfying the following:
In the coming year, I resolve to play whatever part I can in helping my grandsons develop their abilities to differentiate and separate the truth from falsehoods, facts from fiction, the genuine from the artificial, honesty from deceitfulness, trustworthiness from perfidy, the meaningful from the superficial, the authentic from the counterfeit, and worthy and justifiable values from those that are not.
I believe these are skills and capabilities that will help them more than any others to become highly educated, eminently decent, happy and fulfilled adults.
Ray Arnold
Richmond
