My answer to this question hinges on clarification, so I ask for your help. Please evaluate the following: the first clipped lock of a baby's hair; a photograph of your father as a young boy; a mother's creative handiwork tucked away on a shelf; the last anniversary card a wife shared with her husband before her death; the memory of a brother traveling miles to see a hospitalized sibling; memories of a vacation with friends long ago; the special time God spoke to one in an ordinary place; the night Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, the moment Martin Luther King spoke his first words, the flash second when one's first vote was cast; the little yellow flower with the sweet aroma found when playing as a child; standing on the bank of a winding river at close of day, Roosevelt's ringing challenge not to fear, the memory of children abandoned in a car, Fleming's moment of insight regarding antibiotics, Jesus's delivery of the Beatitudes...order for me the significance of these things and I will better understand where my ambition lies.
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