You know that scene in movies where the character has something heavy weighing on their mind and is shown just staring off into the distance, contemplating? When did we get too busy to do that? When did life become too hectic to take that time? When did our schedules stop allowing for deep thought? This is not to say that I don’t have deep thoughts – only that my processing speed is much faster. If something comes along that can’t be dealt with in a swift and efficient manner, then it gets pushed away (and likely never dealt with). When did we stop thinking and start living so automatically? Recently someone pretty close to me has been noticeably living on auto-pilot. Things aren’t being thought through, people aren’t being considered, actions are simply taken and if it’s pointed out that the action was incorrect, she looks startled – like you just, briefly, woke her up. But then she switches right back to auto-pilot. It was this behavior ...