331 Days ’til 40: Defining Ourselves

… and the Zebra continued to ponder… “Am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?  Oh no, if I cannot answer this question, how on earth am I going to be able to concentrate tomorrow? I am going to lose sleep tonight as I stay up to ponder this question.  I need to know, I HAVE to know – am I white with black stripes or black with white stripes?  I MUST be able to define who I am!!!”  A wiser, older Zebra soon approached him and said, “It is quite simple, in a short time you will be neither black with white stripes or white with black stripes – you will be the Lion’s lunch if you continue with this nonsense!”