Today is March 15, the Ides of March. On this day in 44 BCE Julius Caesar was killed by his friends and colleagues.

I think about this day every year as filled with good lessons to remember. No, I do not have a near-endless amount of hubris (I hope), nor did I begin a war that resulted in my gaining absolute power as a dictator, but it is a time to remember that we aren't always aware of forces and factors outside ourselves, especially when preoccupied on our work at hand or on our goals. Caesar was indeed fondly remembered, since two years after his death, far from again having restored democracy in Rome, he was proclaimed as one of the gods.

Not bad for being remembered after death. I think I prefer to be remembered more in life, however. So, perhaps in our times, it is better to think of today as the Ideas of March.