I know not everything I write in the coming pages will have value to you. This book will almost certainly contain passages that you will consider irrelevant, off the mark, and even ridiculous. I expect to ramble at times and am sure to contradict myself more than once. To be honest, none of this matters much to me. Of course, you will think your father longwinded and disagree with him on many subjects. That is natural. My aim, above all, is to inspire you to think. To look beyond the facade of a reality ill constructed by society and decipher, on your own, life’s greater purpose. To be willing and able to alter your lens and view things through enlightened eyes will open you up to experience what the German theologian, Rudolf Otto called the “numenous.” Awe-inspiring moments in which one is afforded a “glimpse of the divine.” This book, I suppose, is my contribution to that end. At the very least, I hope for that purpose you find it useful. Above all I wish for you to remember one thing – I love you.