Tuesday, March 3^rd, 2020

If Nothing Changes

My wife I drove two hours to see Brat Boy’s volleyball rematch. The lanky kid with the wild hair and the gold headband started this time. Once again he glared across the net at Brat Boy. Once again Brat Boy got the better of him, blocking his shots and smiling at his antics.

“If nothing changes, nothing changes,” I said. My wife looked at me, puzzled. “They say it in AA. People stop drinking, don’t change anything else, and wonder why life doesn’t get better. It goes along with ‘more, louder, harder.’ If something doesn’t work, people tend to up the intensity of what didn’t work long before they try a new approach.”

Dr. Deb said, “Got it. Gold headband boy was even more intense, more out of control this time. That’s why he got embarrassed again.”

Today I’ll remember the slogan, ‘if nothing changes, nothing changes.’

 2020 Vision ©2017 by Ken Montrose

2020 Vision is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

Other works by Ken Montrose are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/