Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Sometimes if we change one little word to another littler word, the message is received.

I write this post from a local coffee shop. I have been coming to this local coffee shop to viewing the Internet and write various things for about ten years. Every now and then, one of the familiar persons here will ask, “What do you really think about this place?”

I recently caught my self and the word I was about to use. Instead of saying:

One of my major complaints is…

I said

One of my major wishes is…

I changed one little word to another littler word. The entire world changed as well.

Hmmm, that’s all there is to it, I guess. Just change one word now and then and everything succeeding it changes. I wish I was this smart all the time. Wait, let’s change that to, I wish I was this smart some of the time. There is another little change I could use (or is it will use?—there is no end to this, is there?).