Warning: Deep Thoughts Ahead

Here’s what happens when you go into deep touchy-feely training for a couple of days. You think thoughts like:

• People always say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But a bridge isn’t hurt by a single broken rivet.
  
• When I’m paddling on the river, I see patterns in the waves. From my window above the river, I see entirely different patterns that can’t be perceived by paddlers on the river. From an airplane, I see yet a third set of patterns in the waves. They’re all true.
  
• Blame is the wrong way to say “I need you.”