Chinese Checkers, by Dominick

People seem to mistake linear thinking for intelligence. The "smart" person is nothing more than someone is is born onto the hole-ridden plane of a Chinese Checkers board, rightly aligned with a straight and narrow path to the other side. The "smart" person doesn't look for any other path other than the one in front of him--the one that appeals most to the senses and least to the natural human spirit and courage. He follows this path without straying. The player with the most soul and wit will find himself pitter pattering along the board in seemingly different and contradictory directions until he finds the path that seems the most right to him. It is more arduous, but more noble, more careless, but more fulfilling-- who knows what lies on the edge of cardboard playing board of our lives?