Intrinsic Worth

I think that's what I want to write about. Somehow, through a story, I want to convey this. Every human being has intrinsic worth, regardless of his or her position in society, regardless of what he or she has done or not done. People in this nation like to approach everything in a meritocratic fashion, when it is so much more the case that punishment for the sins of fathers is visited upon sons.
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I heard that Faulkner approached "As I Lay Dying" with the last line the only definite thing, and the rest of the novel was written to accommodate that. I have a line like that, now. I wrote it in a previous post. "Through pain and misery, I become Everyman." Maybe I need a first line too. "Punishment for the sins of fathers is visited upon their sons." What makes writing and reading interesting is not that you find out "what" B is, but rather the "how" in getting from A to B.


I have now ceased punishing myself for not making haste to B. I am now endeavoring to enjoy my journey to C.
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Have a happy Thanksgiving.