So this day, once again,
I joined the Montclair Sunday crowd.
It felt more comfortable this time around.
The first time,
at least at first,
I tried to be part of the group;
but the truth is,
I’m just not a group kind of a guy.
It’s like,
I like to kind of zone out.
I get into a rhythm in my mind,
that is all wrapped-up in why I’m out there,
doing what I’m doing.
It’s like I become oblivious to everything else;
though I don’t doubt that it affects my performance,
and how I come off to the viewer.
What we think translates.
So I’ve been thinking a lot about standing on corners with signs,
and the opportunity and benefits that it can provide,
both to the community and to the individual who is doing it.
You can read some of my thoughts on the subject in last month’s (April 2025) this just in link listed above.
Just now I thought of another one that isn’t listed there:
I don’t know about you, but me, though I think about this stuff all the time,
I don’t really get the opportunity to express those thoughts very often, especially to someone who thinks differently.
I don’t mean long drawn-out arguments where hardened sides exchange talking points,
but rather the opportunity to articulate,
so that it can be received,
what we all think about,
but have little experience with clearly, concisely, expressing.
I find that every trip out,
I am presented with at least one such opportunity by a passerby making a comment,
and then my mind scrambles,
and I’ll respond with something that I’ll later find to be totally inadequate,
rehashing the exchange in my mind,
how I could of better responded,
looking forward to the next opportunity.
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