September 1, 2023
When Hope Is What You Want
By Steve Wyatt On the Phoenix campus of the Mayo Clinic—where I received my new kidney—two private streets divide an otherwise massive parking lot. The streets are fittingly named Hope Drive and Healing Drive. Sometime after my surgery, I stood at the intersection of Hope and Healing drives and observed something remarkable: Although Hope Drive is in the middle of a parking lot, it has zero parking spaces and no off-ramps . . . not even a deceleration lane. Why? Because, on Hope Drive, you’ve got to, well, drive! Idling in place is not an option. You can’t park, either.
