THE MIND TEAMS
More Than Meets The Eye
By Faith Alai
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they brought me to tears as I
was stewing over something interesting to
share with my readers. The funniest quote
I picked was unless your name is google
stop acting like you know everything…
Wow! Who are these individuals, they
seem to have an answer to every question
and an opinion on every topic, surely
they cannot possibly be jacks of all trade,
these individuals are everywhere we go, at
this rate we should all put the word team
before our first name.
Take for instance, today I poured myself
my morning coffee, hoping to use my usual
2 scoops of sugar, ‘you know you should
stop taking sugar’, the whisper said, ‘with
all that is going on with sugar nowadays,
you really need to consider putting a stop
to your sugar intake’, I take heed and settle
for one scoop instead of two.
‘You are paranoid, the sugar is harmless,
just take your usual dose’, says the voice,
the sugar story is getting old by now and
I move on to my next errand, which is
getting myself to work, “hey, your fuel
gauge is indicating, says my opinionated
friend, I can see that, I think to myself,
“well its just started indicating, you can
make it to work and fuel on your trip
back”, are you sure? Says another, “what
if you stall? Remember you are already
running late”.
Well, I chose to fuel my car anyway. And
the crew goes on all through my day, they
have something to say about literally
everyone and everything.
The most irritating bit about the team on
our minds is that they never guide you to
one direction. They are all over the place,
always leading you to the safest direction,
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yet leaving you wondering how it would
have been to take the other. “Don’t you
think you would have been wealthier
had you studied medicine instead of
communication? Your doctor friend seems
to be doing so we