By Alex Blackwell

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

Every now and then we have a revelation there is only one thing that really matters. Take away whatever is keeping us busy and we discover without that one thing nothing else really matters.

To find this one thing, inspiration can sometimes be found in the strangest places. One of my favorite movies is City Slickers (1991) starring Billy Crystal as Mitch and Jack Palance as Curly. While riding the trial, Mitch and Curly share the following philosophical conversation:

Curly: | You know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger]
Curly: | This.
Mitch: | Your finger?
Curly: | One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that... More...