Plaid and Proud A question that I have spent an immense amount of time discussing is that of whether purpose or method matters more. Simply stated, that question is “Why, or how?” Through much debate, I have landed on the conclusion that how something achieves its cause is, in fact, of greater importance than the purpose of the object itself. Therefore, I will not compare myself to an inanimate object in terms of what ends it achieves but how it achieves those ends. And when viewing such a query I come to the conclusion that I am a simple plaid shirt. Before examining how a plaid shirt and I share how we solve problems and accomplish our goals it is important first to examine what that goal is. Striving to reach my potential,
