Recently I went through some slides from the 60s and 70s with my mother. We were using a slide projector that had to be 30 years old, probably more like 50 years old. Her big question when we started was: "Do you have an extra bulb?"
At the time I didn't really think much about the question but the more I go back and review it the more stymied I am. And the more I understand about me.
My parents, as awesome as they were, if there wasn't a backup plan and support in case something failed they tended not to do something. I learned this from them and then I went forward and acted similarly.
That meant that if I didn't have two vehicles then I probably wouldn't go on a trip. If there were two lightbulbs I wouldn't change the light bulb because the one I'm changing may fail or I might drop it and not have an extra to replace it. If there wasn't two sandwiches that I wouldn't offer anything to anybody else because there wouldn't be enough.
But over the years I've learned differently. At them time I thought it was a silly question and I just said no I don't. And kept rolling.
But I imagine in her mind that without a bulb we can't really proceed because this may stop at any minute. I'm glad I've learned to just go ahead with stuff like this!
