Oliver Twist shocked his fellow orphans when
he asked for more, but we echo his simple request every day. Alas, we
often cannot have it. Life is beset with scarcity and unfulfilled wishes
often haunt us to the end.
Scarcity forces us to choose, but what choices are best?
Every choice to pursue one goal is a choice to sacrifice another. And how
should we pursue our goals? Should we go it alone, or should we cooperate
with others? And which others? Should we stick to our family and
friends or should we extend a cooperative hand to our neighbors across the
street? Across the state? Across the country? Across the world?
If disappointment is our fate, we at least should learn to
disappoint ourselves efficiently.
