Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Boiled Frogs - An Open Letter

The term "boiled frogs" refers to someone or something being a victim of slow and gradual change. Kinda random, but let me explain. During the late 19th century in London, scientists in performed experiments on different animals to see how they each would react to dangerous situations. Scientists put a frog in boiling water and noted that, shortly after the frog was dropped into the pot, the frog would leap out and onto the floor in the blink of an eye. However, if a frog was put in room-temperature water and the pot was slowly heated, the frog would not be able to adapt to the change and slowly boil to death.

This is analogous to my life and yours. How has change treated you lately? The temperature is rising, the water is boiling, and every day is, in some way/shape/form, another day living in complacency and docility. Our bodies are like atlases, and our veins are like roadways, bridges, and rivers....so let's chart our paths and find a way out before we burn to death. I'm ready when you are.