Reduced Inputs Reveal an Old Friend

There was nothing seemingly abnormal about this particular Wednesday.

I had been asked by a family in the community if I could come over and help them tidy up their yard, as they had been gone for the past month and wanted an extra hand. 

No problem. 

Yeah, no problem.

This task afforded me a certain luxury that many, including myself, rarely experience from day to day by accident.

The luxury of reduced inputs. 

 

“Hey Ethan, what’s up? It’s been some time since it's been just you and me. Do you….”

No time was wasted. My mind went on.

“…do you think you chose this reality or did you fall into the reality someone else wanted for you?” 

A million thoughts, pictures, and alternative realities passed through my head in a flash.

Maybe I had subconsciously and sometimes even consciously fallen into what others had wanted for me.

It was time to make a change.

What are you waiting on?

EB