The Plight of Shortsightedness

When I recently traveled from the Midwest (aka, the land of endless Winter) to the South, I experienced something previously I had only read about. I think it was a phenomenon called  Spring. Spring is a time when brown things turn green again, when dead-looking plants literally s-p-r-i-n-g into life and grow crazily. But some…

Beyond the Headlights

Over coffee the other morning, my neighbor, Deb, explained some drama that a mutual friend was experiencing in her life. “It’s exhausting,” Deb said with a sigh. “She’s trying to live out her 10-year plan in a minute. And it doesn’t work that way.” “So what did you tell her?” I asked. “I suggested that…