I readily admit that I am a fan of Star Trek. The original series started when I was in Vietnam, so I was not even aware of it until it had been on the air for a season. When our children were young, we were regular viewers of Trek reruns in the afternoons after I picked them up from school. Needless to say, my consciousness has been affected (warped?) by favorite characters and quotes. One quote that has stayed with me was one that Science Officer Spock often told Captain Kirk when the challenge was the greatest: “There are always options, Captain.” Although there is a certain optimism in this statement, we must acknowledge that not all options are positive. For the most part we do have choices whatever our circumstances. Viktor Frankl, the survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, said that he made two choices during his imprisonment—he would do his best to survive and to learn from the experience. He did not have a choice abou...
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