Chapter 13 No.13

"The heart asks pleasure first,

And then, excuse from pain;

And then, those little anodynes

That deaden suffering;

And then, to go to sleep;

And then if it should be

The will of its Inquisitor,

The liberty to die."

-Emily Dickinson.

There are long periods in the journey of life when "the road winds uphill all the way." Th