My Question of the Day: According to U.S. Census Bureau, the world’s population stands at about 6,824,281,222 people and counting. With that in mind, and thinking about love and relationships, do you think it’s possible to have more than one soul mate?

My 2 Cents: The idea that God has someone for everyone has never sat well with me. The adage implies that no one is suppose to be single by nature or by choice, and it also implies that God (if you believe in Him) gave us free will in every other area of our lives except in the choice of a life partner. Goodness. He even gave Adam a choice (although his choice was one or none) to accept or reject Eve. Had Adam rejected Eve as his life partner, there’s a possibility God would have created another choice, or Adam would have just been single by choice.

Having said all that, I think you can imagine that I’m strongly leaning toward the idea that we can have more than one soul mate. With all these people in the world, and so many we’ll never get to meet, I can’t fathom that the God I serve (and I acknowledge that others don’t believe in Him) would, as I said before, give me free will in every other area of my life and then dictate with whom I spend the rest of my life.

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My Question of the Day: In a 1968 sermon, “The Drum Major Instinct,” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said the following: “…if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.” With that in mind, when you’ve passed away from this life, and moved on to whatever’s waiting for all of us, when people speak about you, what are the things you want people to remember and say?

My 2 Cents: Hm. I’m still thinking on this one a bit, because it wasn’t a question I’d planned to ask, and I don’t think it’s a question you can really answer without much heart-felt thought.

Off the top of my head, I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a servant to all who needed and wanted my help. I’d like to be remembered as someone who was truly a follower of Christ, in the spiritual sense and not in the religious sense. Remember that I made every attempt to see people as God sees people, not as people see people, and that my love for mankind was unconditional and not predicated on whether others loved me.

As MLK said, remember the important things and the small things won’t matter at all.

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My Question of the Day: Muhammad Ali did it, and so did Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Their parents gave them one name and they changed it to something else. With that in mind, do you think it’s an insult to parent(s) or grandparent(s) when, as an adult, regardless of whether done for faith purposes or not, a person decides to change the name that was given to him/her at birth?

My 2 Cents: My daddy named me, a fact of which I take (probably way too much) pride in. My first and middle name together mean “faithful, highest queen.” I love that, and I have no desire to change my name, nor do I ever plan to change my last name, which connects me to my lineage.

It can be hurtful when a child chooses to change his/her name, especially when the name that was chosen for the child was given with history attached to it. I would venture to say many of us know people who were given a family name that has been passed down from generation to generation; people who were named after matriarchs and/or patriarchs who were rocks of their families.

Whether or not the name change is an insult to parents and/or grandparents is relative. In some cases, it is. In some cases, it isn’t. Every family is different and so is every decision for a name change. There cannot be a blanket verdict on this question.

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My Question of the Day: Teenagers put themselves in situations where they have to make grown-up decisions all the time. With that in mind, and thinking of teen dating and all the things that happen when teens try to grow up too fast, do you think we should go back to having chaperons accompany teens on dates?

My 2 Cents: The idea of chaperons appeals to me on so many levels, even though I don’t have children. Teenagers have all these rights but they lack the maturity to always make the best decisions. I’d like to see more supervision for these young people.

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My Question of the Day: In a traditional wedding ceremony, the exchange of marital vows usually includes the exchange of wedding rings. Over the last several years I’ve noticed that more and more married people, especially men, even when they don’t hesitate to make it known that they’re married, do not wear wedding bands. Is this something that you’ve noticed, as well? If so, and even if you haven’t noticed it, what do you think of this “new trend”?

My 2 Cents: Many of you say you haven’t noticed this trend, and maybe it’s the nature of my job, since I see different people every two or three days, that I’ve noticed it more and more. When I was in the Army, that’s when I first started noticing it, but I chalked it up to the regulations against excessive jewelry while in uniform, along with the types of jobs some of the soldiers did. Now that I’m out of the Army, and a trainer, I don’t go a week without seeing a person, particularly men, who isn’t wearing wedding a band but constantly talking about their spouse this and their spouse that. I want to ask them, “Why aren’t you wearing your wedding ring,” but I don’t. It’s just interesting to note that I’ve seen several men without a wedding band, even though they don’t try to hide the fact that they’re married.

One man did volunteer to tell me that he wasn’t wearing his wedding band because he’d gained a lot of weight and it wouldn’t fit. His wife had offered to have his band duplicated in a larger size, but he said he told her he’d like to lose the weight and be able to once again wear the original wedding band that she placed on his finger when they were first married. I don’t know if he every accomplished his goal, but he told me he was going to try to get his weight down for their 10th wedding anniversary, so they could renew their vows and his wife could once again place his ring on his finger. I hope he did make it happen.

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