Burst Your Bubble / by Nick Burrows

Let’s begin, have you ever blown bubbles before? Or seen them floating in the wind? We will be back to the bubbles in a moment, keep them in mind. For you, the minimum requirements for life, what are they? Are they extravagant or simple? Either way you must have them or risk suffering disappointment. Understanding what other people need and want can be unbelievably difficult and time consuming to do. What you want is ultimately the most important thing. Understanding what anyone else wants or needs is not necessary. As long as you understand that other people do indeed want different things than you. As long as you understand your goals shouldn't interrupt anyone else.

Living in a bubble is what many people call it. Most bubbles I see are transparent. If I live in my bubble I can certainly see out of it and control the path it takes. Bursting my own bubble is not advised. My oh my that sounds like a bad idea. And you better believe that I wont let anyone else burst my bubble for me. Why would I, I can plainly see through to the outside of my own little universe. Alas there are many bubbles in this world, just over seven billion I suspect. And some of those bubbles have pilots with their eyes closed. And dang it sure is hard to fly around here when no-one is looking or communicating to ground control what’s going on. Oh no! Another new development — there is no ground control! We’re just a whole heap of maniacs floating around here seldom looking where we are going. Shoot, closed my eyes for a second and got tangled up with a few different colourful characters among the clouds. Guess I will call these bubbles my pals and we can move on from there. Now the choice is mine, there’s no ground control so we might be safer if we travel together. Other groups of bubbles have done the same, they’ve come up with some rules while you’re near them. When enough of these bubbles get stuck together they tend to not wander too far from their friends; they call themselves countries and wow it sure is fun to visit these other bubbles and maybe even stay awhile. It may feel nice to close your eyes and just float along in the breeze, sometimes the breeze might take you to places you don’t necessarily want to be. That’s alright just pop your eyes back open and plot your course, occasionally the breeze may be powerful but it’s only wind. Find some new bubbles and see if they can help you out. Open your eyes up, plot a course and let's fly, there’s no ground control but there are some rules you should know: Don’t burst any bubbles, keep the wind in mind, stay true to the bubbles you meet along the way and don’t forget don’t drift with the wind for too long. Happy flying, and good luck out there.