‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’

The word, ‘Yes’ means ‘Assent’. Typically, assent comes from either of a person higher up on a reporting chain, or a person equal in rank on a reporting chain.

Whenever a woman says ‘yes’ to romantic involvement with a man, it is a yes between equals — the two are equal in rank, but yet if their marriage is to work they must arrive at some sort of leadership arrangement. In this respect, every firm that ever has experimented with two CEOs eventually abandons the experiment, evidence that while all employees are equal in worth, still, always there is demand for clear identification of leadership. The benefit of clear identification? There is not any ambiguity as to who is to blame whenever things go wrong, meaning it is known a priori who is in need of ‘truly humble pie’. Whenever captaincy of a ship is not well defined, a ship merely drifts, can arrive at a destination that never was set.

If marriage is to be successful, every important aspect of marital life ought to have a designated driver, ahem, designated leader.

But then, I digress.

The word, ‘Amen’ is of Judaic and Christian origin, means, ‘so let it be’. Whenever a Christian mouths an ‘Amen’, he or she affirms sovereignty of God, Father of Jesus Christ, declares he or she desires to be whatever…