it amazes me how some small realisations, sometimes the most basic fascinates me. Perhaps it’s my small brain that is fascinated by simplicity.
for example, today I left my keys at work and decided to go read a book in the park until my house mate got home. while walking down towards the park I traveled on a pathway and every moment it seemed I was noticing and hearing joggers running behind and past me on the pathway. I’d have to be careful that I was not in the way and happened so often while I was walking down this route. it soon annoyed me that I was having to take note each time I heard a runner behind me.
it seemed that I couldn’t help it that people were running, cyclists were riding their bikes but in the middle if it, I was feeling irritated.
the solution of the problem was simple, so simple in fact that I resolved the problem automatically. The solution was to step 2 steps to my right and walk next to the path. Runners would continue to run, cyclists would continue to cycle and rollabladers would continue to rollablade – right past me and I did not now need to think of the implications. Very simple, but I appreciate it in it’s simplicity.