Alan Loy McGinnis told of a woman who was honored by her company for outstanding
performance during the just-ended fiscal year. Standing at the podium before hundreds of
fellow-workers in a large banqueting hall, she clutched her trophy and wept as she told of
the strange route that brought her to this moment of recognition.
A year earlier, this woman's marriage had unraveled, and she was down and out
emotionally. She could not give her all to her job, and too often she found herself coming
