Reasons.
Excuses.
Things we think matter, but don’t.
Or matter to us, but not to others.
Because of reasons.
People are self centered.
In the best way.
Why wouldn’t they be?
We are the centers of our own universes and no Galileo will ever disprove that point.
It’s evolution in action.
If we are not focused on us, and keeping us safe, and thinking us first, then we won’t survive to reproduce and recreate and procreate and propagate.
An us based perspective is not just necessary.
It’s biological, written in genes and inherent.
Even when we band together and an I turns into an us, and an us becomes a we, there’s still a pretty one sided approach to everything.
And it’s easy to see in how many responses start with “I think,” or “I feel” or even “I need.”
We can’t help it.
It is who we are, what we are and how we are.
It takes a lot to change it.
Or steer it more toward the direction others want it to go.
Those others give us a reason to include the “we” and “us” in the reasons and excuses.
“I need Nike shoes because …”
“I need to go to (HERE) because…”
But…
Sometimes we see something and we think about the world bigger than ourselves.
It might be a sunset.
Or a dog at play.
Or kids hugging.
Or something that touches us.
Sometimes, the things that touch us are words, or drawings or memories.
And when the words spark a memory, it might make us think about us and we and I and them.
It is a good feeling.
One I am proud to have made.
One we are proud to have shared together.
About Mamaw’s and Papaw’s and moms and dads, and towns we grew up in.
About food we ate, and made and shared.
About books we’ve read, and movie’s we’ve watched.
And baseball games and beer and a hundred other little things in almost 150 posts so far this year.
Here’s to 150 more.
More of we, and some of I, but maybe skewed a little on the side of us.
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