The Prodigal Son

Demands the inheritance early; wastes it in a far country; comes to himself in the pigsty; rehearses a speech of unworthiness; the father runs while he is yet a great way off. Failure mode: Treating the father as a means to inheritance. Restoration path: Come to yourself; rise and go; the father runs. Markers: demands the future early; far country; famine and pigs; comes to himself; rehearses speech of return