Recently a friend reminded me of a provocative but true story. Two adventurous schoolboys left for a weekend of canoeing. The first morning they paddled up the river for quite some time, only to find themselves in the midst of a dense fog. Seeking to come out of it, they paddled vigorously for a long distance. Exhausted, one of the boys stood up to stretch himself. To his surprise, he discovered that the density engulfing them was only about four feet deep on the surface of the water. They had been paddling without visibility in a four-foot layer of fog!
By taking an "overhead position," the boy was able to rise above his own ignorance and misperception of what he was facing. With his new and higher viewpoint, he was able to see how he could overcome his predicament.
While this experience makes an amusing story, its deeper implications point beyond a boy's unintentional right action. To solve life's more serious troubles—disease, crime, poverty, drug addition—humanity needs to look to the supreme example of the one who knowingly rose above material limitations of every kind.
