CHAPTER ONE
Traversing the Great Divide
TAKE A SELF-ASSESSMENT & EXPLORE THE RESULTS
Dream in a pragmatic way.
—ALDOUS HUXLEY
The ubiquitous snowflake 
. An astounding meteorological phenomenon that floats, rather than plummets, toward earth. Featuring spectacularly nuanced patterns, snowflakes are luminous, delicate, and ethereal. Or that’s how some would describe them. Others assess the very same mode of precipitation as fleeting, fragile, and frail.
Enter the cactus 
. Representative of an entirely divergent climate, cacti are sturdy, hardy, and ...
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