We all keep 'em. Drafting it up listing it up adding it up filing it under obscure categories cross referencing. Coming to conclusions. A balance sheet. A measly attempt. A frantic throw at equilibrium. What wretched hollow beast has it turned us into. This life. This civilization. I have seen your strongest year and your weakest hour. They are equal. And equally impressive. A powerful thrust of natural energies. Something fierce. I have seen those tears well up in your eyes but they never were a sign of weakness. They were but a moment in the middle of all those other moments. Living without patience is not a defect. It is a momentary lack of focus. It is getting lost in the excessive range of options. Always close your ey...