The Path of Least Resistance, True North

The Path of Least Resistance, True North is a journey back into time that will show the effect of a dysfunctional family situation on a young, open-hearted child. Lurking in the balance, however, is a creativity and an uncanny sense of humor that enables a little boy to live in a world that he couldn't bear to look at. Intertwined in the mix, there's an occasional visit from a Guardian Angel to steer a young man clear of the pitfalls that children with no direction in life fall prey to. In and out of trouble with the law, walking the line between delinquent and mischief, it appears that this young man may be losing the battle. Amazing things happen while at the bottom, however, and a seven-teen year old boy takes a leap a faith that has remained true for over thirty years. The message contained within The Path of Least Resistance is an old cliché, "Ain't nothin' over 'til it's over." What seems to be failing today could be a work in progress for tomorrow, while what is already soaring may be destined for a crash. Brought to the surface in these memoirs is the pain that drives us, the means that we use to distract ourselves from that pain, and the understanding and forgiveness that is only obtained with a very precious resource, time. In 1969, this country witnessed a man walking on the moon during the peak of the hippie generation. Television had just gone from black and white to color, football games were being televised on Monday nights for the first time ever, and the Vietnam War was top billing on the six o'clock news. Another war was brewing however, a war in the home of an eleven-year-old boy. This war would alter the way a boy would look at the world and himself for the rest of his life. It was during this time that a young man developed a philosophy to life that helped him identify his God-given course, a philosophy he would later label as True North. Come take a flight back into time with author James Heffernan, you might see the difference between True North and variance.