I Believe That Imagination Is

Wisdom Was Not At The Top Of The Graduate-school Mountain, But There At The Sandpile At Sunday School.

Only Now Have I Finally Realized That My Life Has Been An Unending Field Trip. And I Have Tried Hard Not To Be A Tourist. But To Be An Adventurer, A Traveler, An Explorer, A Learner, And A Pilgrim.

For Thirty Years Now, In Times Of Stress And Strain, When Something Has Me Backed Against The Wall And I'm Ready To Do Something Really Stupid With My Anger, A Sorrowful Face Appears In My Mind And Asks... "problem Or Inconvenience?" I Think Of This As The Wollman Test Of Reality. Life Is Lumpy. And A Lump In The Oatmeal, A Lump In The Throat, And A Lump In The Breast Are Not The Same Lump. One Should Learn The Difference.

You Feel Like An Ant Contemplating Chicago.

Infinite Possibility In All Things Is A Certainty. That Pretty Much Covers Theology And Philosophy For Me.