Recently, I spent some long overdue time with an old family friend. Needless to say the time that we spent together was priceless. I was reminded of why it's important to preserve the past while enhancing the present and the future. Post our conversation, the theme that resonated with me most has been accountability. If a person decided to research the history of the pioneers and settlers all across the world, most would find that they all shared in the responsibility to build a solid today and forecast good things for tomorrow, all by holding one another accountable. Accountability is characteristic that is rapidly fading to black. I mean that in a very literal sense. Some may say that I'm out of touch because of my expectations... Arguably, that may be a valid point. However, having high expectations of people is unrealistic period, because people change as much as the wind blows. In the my early days of training to b...