Right now our house is a little annoying to be in. You need to know that we live in an old house, built in 1871. For those of you outside of Romeo I’ll explain our town to you like this. Have you ever driven through and old town, gone down Main Street and slowed down to admire the Victorian homes? I live in that neighborhood. Romeo is one of those towns with homes dating back to the mid-1800s.
Over the years our house has acquired a bunch of smoke detectors. I think there are 8 smoke detectors and a carbon monoxide detector. And every single one of them takes a 9v battery. Our house is annoying to be in right now because 3 of them need their batteries changed. And they remind you… chirp.
An annoying warning sign. Think about this. The chirp that is annoying me is annoying me by design. The batteries are low on those 3 smoke detectors to warn me that if I don’t change the batteries soon they will go back to the silent way there were before with one important difference: They would be dead. They won’t protect my family.
What are the chirps in your life? What are the things in your life that give you constant reminders that you learn to ignore?
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