The Original Humpty Dumpty
I recently watched a movie based on a Philip K. Dick story, The Adjustment Team. The movie—which I highly recommend—is called The Adjustment Bureau. Watch it. As for Mr. Dick, I think he was either crazy, incredibly spiritual, or both, or neither. I say all of that to say this: I believe our lives, and the blueprints behind them, are like movies based on a book or a short story; they can be changed during production or even during editing. This is why life feels exciting. As you move through this story, you may feel nudges prompting you to consider a different direction, and it is entirely possible to ignore those prompts, as I have. It is almost as if your own, onboard navigation voice says, “Recalculating.” I have always said that the drama you are immersed in is not a maze, but a labyrinth. The difference is that a labyrinth actually encourages you to take the right path to the center. Throughout this drama, there will be things that feel incredibly wrong. Sometimes, thi...
