In the pre-dawn hours of Monday, October 9th, Amtrak's Sunset Limited train tumbled off a trestle in a remote section of Arizona. One crewman was killed and dozens of passengers were injured. A note found near the wreck took responsibility for the sabotage in the name of "Sons of Gestapo."

Trains are not the only things that get derailed. D r e a m s sometimes get derailed too. Some dreams are sabotaged by enemies. Others are wrecked by one's own mistakes or negligence. For example, if you give your child much indulgence and very little discipline, he or she will become your worst nightmare.

Then some dreams get derailed by sheer chance and blind circumstances. Many tumors that are diagnosed are nobody's fault. When a company downsizes, eliminating hundreds of jobs, whom can you blame? I…