An Accidental Passage

The Illusion of the Open Road

What bumps have there been in your road?
Planning for the ups and downs of our future can only be somewhat effective. Maybe we are fortunate and our course is smooth, but, in the end, a clear open road is unlikely. And then there is the matter of our perceptions and expectations about our lives. We may suddenly be forced to change them.

One evening, years ago, I left the office late. We had been having elevator problems in our highrise building and the wait for...