Throughout our time here on Earth, we have probably had one or two people tell us to “live in the moment” and to quit worrying about the things we cannot control. The fictitious story, “Powder”, written by Tobias Wolff, exemplifies what this is all about by using a young, conservative, and often times controlling boy in contrast to his older, more fearless father. According to the short story, the boy was someone who “kept all of his clothes on numbered hangers to improve proper rotation and would