Sometimes, when we are overwhelmed with everyday life and are about to throw in the towel, we realize that it would be a better idea to suit up into our sweats and go for a long jog. With every inch that we run, all the stress, disappointments and fears that we have experienced are somehow washed out through our pores and drip on to the ground, soak into the dirt and disappear. That which has already dried on our skin is washed off in the shower. Only then do we feel exhilarated and refreshed and ready to start anew. There are those who choose not to question life, or try to understand it and...

The thirty two year old burden of carrying an empty heart was finally lifted when Joey returned to Beal Gardens, on the campus of Michigan State University. Late one Saturday night, Joey sat in the center of the gardens admiring the protective canopy of oak and beech trees, which had grown from the puny saplings he helped plant. As he closed his eyes in the peaceful darkness, re-living the best years of his life and imagining what could have been if the only girl he had ever and could ever love hadn't abruptly ended their lives together; he was startled by a shadow in the intermittent...