The City I Built in My Brain

It's amazing how fast I can start to put walls up. If I misconstrue something someone says then I pull back and erect a wall. It's self protection. To be fair, sometimes it's necessary and sometimes it's not.

A movie I watched got me thinking. A man and woman kept experiencing miscommunication although they loved each other dearly. Hearing their POVs as they responded to the misfires really opened my eyes. As they processed what they thought the other one said, they both started erecting a wall to shut the other out.

I recognized the strategy immediately. If I was a doctor, my analogy would probably be considered poignant. Anyway, I think I have erected so many walls and built so many structures in my brain with half truths that I could actually have a city in my brain. If only I could do the Google Earth Street View 360 Degrees and walk around in there to see if it is somewhere I actually want to live.