- Faced With Choices, Do Both -

Watching as the ball ricocheted off the bumpers and rolled down between the flippers of his game. Billy knew the game had run out, so he deposited another coin.

Bill sat with his whiskey on the bar before him as the clock ticked by. He should be home by now. He knew she was waiting for him. 

At that very exact moment, William stood in the broad, wide-open desert; at the edge of time, in the flash that was his life, he realized there had always been two choices. So, tired and thirsty, he chose both - water and rest.