Have you ever gotten an unexpected visitor? Maybe you’ve just settled into your easy chair for the evening. Your only plan is to turn off your mind and relax a while. And then the doorbell rings. There go your plans. Who knows what needs are on the other side of that door? All you know is your plans for the evening just got put on hold.

You may remember a story that made international news back in 1982. Very early in the morning of July 9, 1982, a young man named Michael Fagan broke into Buckingham Palace and entered Queen Elizabeth’s bedroom. The Queen was still asleep. Can you imagine her surprise when she realized the man standing over her bed was not a member of her staff? Fagan reassured her that he wasn’t there to hurt her, that he just wanted to talk to her.

It amazes me that the …