Staying Real

Originally posted 05/03/10
This post is not about innovative technology, but about something more fundamental — the nature of reality and how we react to it (heavy, huh?).  I have been thinking about the fact that most people pay very little attention to reality.  Getting caught up in the pressures of daily activities, and particularly our emotions about them, can easily distract us from an objective view of what is really going on around us.  Unfortunately, reactions that are disconnected from reality tend to be ineffective and often damaging.  Staying real is a good idea.  This occurred to me powerfully on New Year’s Eve 2010, when I considered the changes is my life over the decade since the turn of the millennium, and realized how little daily worries affect the overall direction of my life.  Made me think about staying focused on the things that are really important to my long-term reality.