Not being a person tightly tied to the Gregorian calendar, I have little use for new year’s resolutions and predictions, etc. Yet here I am, in the uncomfortable position of offering a prediction that could perhaps reach a tipping point as early as 2030.
Today I want to honor a person whose words have immeasurably changed my life for the better. If he were alive, today would be his 72nd birthday.
I was a pretty typical, cocky high-school freshman some mumblety years ago: I was sure I had the system figured out, and thought I was ready for anything. Being fascinated by science, I signed up for Biology I. I had no idea what was about to happen to me …