Every morning, the run rises over my apple tree, and it always suggests to me a day of promise and opportunity. To do my business, to be creative, to love my wife, to conduct my spiritual practice, to continue the search for a meaningful life, to be authentic, to learn patience, to quell anger and manage the recurring details of life. The tree is a prayer, the sun every day’s notion of God. Life is so wonderful, so challenging, so frustrating and demanding.