Answer the Question, Mr. Smith.

(Twenty Thousand Days . . .)

It’s a tired question,

one that has been asked many times before, but it must be asked again.  It must be asked until you answer it.  I learned that the hard way.  And I don’t mean a superficial answer, either.  I mean a real answer, one you’ve put a great deal of thought into.  Because until you answer the question in earnest, you will not understand li…