My wife and I are away on a retreat.
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We decided to go to the hotel gym for a workout. The gym was
ultramodern and we were the only ones there. There were five
TV’s positioned over the treadmills and exercycles.
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She wanted to watch a cooking show.
I wanted to watch a sci-fi program.
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She got on the last treadmill on the left, I got on the last
treadmill on the right and we both tuned to different channels.
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As we began to run, we both periodically got off the treadmill
to turn up the respective volumes on our TV’s. After a few
minutes, both of our televisions were at full volume.
.. We had clear pictures but the cacophony of noise made it almost
impossible to understand the story...
I now understood why all of the televisions were tuned to the
same channel when we arrived. Too many voices cause you to
misstep and not understand the story.
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If you are running (or walking) alongside someone in life, the
story will go a lot smoother if both of you have the same vision
and hear the same sound. When you are on different channels you
both get louder but hear less.
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I turned my television off.
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Cooking wasn’t so bad.
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After all, I would benefit from the meals.
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Are you on the same channel as the one that you have chosen to
walk through life with?
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Let those couples that have eyes see and that have ears hear.
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