Narrative self-reflection regarding the timeless questions of humanity: syncretic investigation of time, community, religion, nature, justice, ethics, art, psychology, philosophy, illness, death, hope, fear, faith, friendship, love, hate, loneliness, fatigue, failure, shame, remorse, regret, and the role of memory, consciousness, language, free will, and identity. Examination of the ontological mystery - the baffle of being - and the cultural influence that school, sports, music, literature, television, films, politics, and law exert upon positing of an American's psyche.