March Madness

March 2010

Usually March is considered in some sports circles as March Madness. This is a term that is accepted as an understandable passionate view of athletic events to be held in the month of March. There is no negative connotation to the "March Madness" labeling even with the word madness in it.

What if we labeled other circumstances in our lives in the same manner based on our passion for them. For example; Family Madness, Political Madness, Parental Madness, God Madness.

It sounds silly but we in the United States, along with other countries in the world, seem to glorify the fanatical love of sports. We even reward our sports stars with ridiculous amounts of money, while penny pinching on teacher's salaries and other cornerstone professions in society.

That sounds like madness to me.