The Four-Part Key (The Aldoran Chronicles, #3)

by Michael Wisehart

“My point is, leave the past in the past. There are plenty of mistakes still to come, poor choices lurking around every corner. The one thing we don’t have time for is to sit around wallowing in guilt over the ones we’ve already made.”

Maybe that was the way it was with old people. The more advanced the years, the dryer their wit.

“Personally, I believe there is a plan for our lives; whether we seek it out or it’s dropped on us remains to be seen. However, I also believe that we, out of our own pride or greed or cowardice, can stray from that plan to the point that the Creator is forced to take it from us and give it to another. To say that the Creator needs any of us to work His will is hubris indeed. Not every man or woman born into this world is meant for greatness. Most are happy to simply go about living their lives in peace. Those are the ones who tend to have the greatest flexibility in their choices. “Nevertheless, there are those who play a much larger role, those whose decisions can ripple outward, sending a wave so large it can wash away entire kingdoms. Those are the ones whose choices tend to be less flexible, as the hand of the Creator guides them in the right direction, if they allow.”

“Who are you?” “Someone who’s always in the wrong place at the wrong time.”