Thought for the Week

Our nation will soon celebrate and commemorate “Independence Day.” I want us to take a look at “dependence” today. By definition, the word means, to be contingent upon, influenced by, controlled by, or reliant upon something or someone. “Independence” would be the opposite. “Interdependence” means to be mutually dependent on one or more others. As a nation, our independence was desired or needed because many of our citizens felt the King of England was a cruel oppressor. There were attempts made to lessen that oppression but to no avail. It was determined we must free ourselves of the king’s d...