Today after school, I was baking cupcakes and my brother was in the living room. I began ranting to him about something, and he just responded with "yeah" or "okay" once in a while to show that he was listening. All the same, I could tell he didn't really care.
I kept going on about this topic (something about my school day), and after a while was confused why my brother wasn't answering my questions. When I looked over, I saw he had left the living room. A second later, I saw him on the way to a friend's house outside. I had been talking to myself for who knows how long.
But here's the thing - was I talking "to myself"? I had believed up until the end that I was conversing with my brother, and I could even argue that I had "credible evidence" that he was listening due to the fact that a couple minutes before, he was present and responding. However, I got so caught up in my own story that I hadn't noticed when he left. I feel like this happens to a lot of us - we get so caught up in our own lives, that we don't realize when something about our world or our perceived truth has changed. It just took that small converstaion (apparently with myself) to kind of throw off my confidence in knowing what's going on around me, and wonder what I'm missing!
Jackie, I believe you made a simple, but astounding, revelation. The idea that we may be so focused on ourselves (a personal tunnel-vision perhaps) that we do not perceive the true nature events is one I believe America struggles with today. We need to open our minds, recognize the shifts and patterns around us, and unite against the evil Decepticons. JUSTICE WILL PERSEVERE!!!!! Long live the Autobots!!!
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