trying something new

No One Will Notice

I’ve changed my diet
significantly
and I was worried
it would cause issues
and raise questions
with a friend
I regularly have lunch with.

We normally order
similar items.
This would be…different.

She didn’t even notice.

I had to change the release day
for a story.

Many readers had already pre-ordered it.

I worried they’d be upset.

No one contacted me about it.
I suspect many people
didn’t notice the change.

There’s a lot of sh*t happening
right now.
People are worried about
a lot of other things.

They likely won’t notice
the change
you’re worried about implementing.

If that change is necessary,
make it.

I gave away
more beefsteak tomatoes
than heirloom tomatoes
this summer.

The heirloom tomatoes
are tastier
than the beefsteak tomatoes.
I also had more of them.

But I gave away
more beefsteak tomatoes
because…

They look like
the tomatoes we buy
in the grocery stores.

They aren’t unique
or ‘deformed’
as one loved one called
the heirloom tomatoes.

Beefsteak tomatoes
are round
with no wrinkles
and no varied coloring.

They are the tomatoes
the average person expects
to see.

I receive fewer complaints
when I give someone
a beefsteak tomato.
And I can keep
the tastier heirloom tomatoes
for myself.

When the decision doesn’t matter
to you,
give people
what they expect.