Late (or is it early?) Morning Thoughts about Compromise

I recall last year's discussion in the halls of congress concerning switching from standard time to daylight savings time did not have a Democratic vs. Republican division. Nobody likes changing the their clocks twice a year (and, if you are like me, nobody remembers exactly how you set the microwave clock, even though you do it twice a year). Nobody likes the day of adjustment it takes to let your body know when to wake up and when to go to sleep.

But there are serious geographical and agricultural issues that come into play. The United States of America has people living and businesses operating in the tropical state of Hawaii, and also in Alaska, up in the Arctic Circle.

So, in this time of intense political divide concerning just about everything we can imagine, and things we can't imagine that keep surprising us upon waking, and then disturb our sleep.

I don't think that anybody on the news is going to be talking about whether to establish a single time for the whole United States of America this year, or in the near future. 

Everybody, for as long as I can remember, has compromised. We have adjusted our work lives and our personal lives in ways that allow people in every part the country an adequate amount of daylight.

So this year's spring into daylight savings time is almost a pleasure: a kind act of compromise for the greater good.