Stress I do not respond to stress in a logical manner.  Or perhaps more specifically, the catastrophes and disasters that sound terrifying to the average person, elicits a very minor response in me.  This would be a powerful advantage if only the inverse were true as well.  But no, I manage terribly under the common [...]

Long again.  Sorry… Continuation. High school passed unremarkably.  The morning after my prayer I did not awake in the throes of pain and agony.  No cancer began marching throughout my body.  Nothing really changed.  After a few days passed, I placed the incident in memory past, along side a couple other questionable prayers to God.  [...]