What’s the plan? Here’s the plan; strategic plan; master plan; backup plan; 10-year plan; fail to plan, plan to fail! Our modern world is built on plans, and conventional wisdom tells us we’d be fools to try doing just about anything without them. But what gets lost when we get overly attached to our plans? How do we respond when reality presents us with something unexpected? Do blessings come to us not only through beauty but also through barriers? As the old saying goes: if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. The Golden Line offers a playful alternative to our habitual obsession with planning.