We all live in a world of stories. Despite intuitions to the contrary, our minds have no direct link to reality--we all make our own reality with the stories we accept and reject. And if we have enough courage and creativity, we can even write our own stories. But the starting point to becoming the authors of our own lives is to develop a worldview, and questioning everything that enters our minds from our eyes, ears, mouths, fingers, and spirits is the beginning of this rewarding process.

In A R R O W: A Brief Sketch of My Mind--A Shot in the Dark, author Kenneth L. Barrett provides a...