The life of one boy who experiences a brutal event that leads him to decide to join the military draft in 1967. This pushes him into a world he did not create but must endure. He survives Vietnam and follows a law enforcement career. As his life experiences mature his mind, he eventually seeks higher education and befriends his philosophy instructor. He explores the big questions within philosophy that have little in the way of final answers. When his estranged father passes, he is inescapably forced to reflect on the nature of forgiveness both for his own shortcomings and those who have wronged him.