Opportunities

Look around your world. A few times. Not just once or twice. That’s barely a beginning. Look at yourself in the mirror. At the bed you sleep on, the chairs where you sit, the table where you eat. Whether you are in a house or apartment, a prison cell or a tent, look around you. Look at the world you inhabit and where you are in that world.

Like most people, I have lived in houses. Also apartments. I’ve been in tents, uncomfortable as they are, and prisons and jails. My father used to visit our county sheriff every month or so when I was a boy. He took me along. After visiting the sheriff, he invariably…