89 degrees, 15 minutes and 50.8 seconds. That's the current position of Polaris. The Northern Star. Viewed from another planet, it's just one among many. But on Earth, it's uniquely important. Fixed in place, an anchor. No matter where you are in the northern hemisphere, if you face Polaris, you face North. You know where you are. But there are other ways to get lost. In the choices we make. In events that overwhelm us. Even within our own minds. What can be an anchor then? What beacon can we turn to... to guide us from darkness to light? What if it's other people? The lives that touch our own, in ways big and small? Because unlike Polaris... the light that they bring... will never fade.