What’s this again?

Today’s post is sponsored by the ‘Choose Your Neighbors’ flyer in our building’s elevator, advertising the referral program, which I paid particular attention to when returning from walking our dog.

In the world of New City, people had the power to change their neighbors at will. They could simply go to the local government office, fill out a form, and voila! Their neighbor would be gone, replaced with someone new.

The residents of New City loved this power, and they used it frequently. They could get rid of noisy neighbors, or neighbors with messy yards, or even neighbors they simply didn’t like.

But there was one thing they couldn’t change: their friends. No matter how much they may have wanted to, they were stuck with the friends they had. They couldn’t simply go to an office and request new ones.

One day, a woman named Sarah moved into New City. She was excited to start fresh and have the ability to change her neighbors as she pleased. But as time went on, she realized that despite having the perfect neighbors, she was still lonely. She missed the friends she had left behind in her old city.

Sarah began to regret her decision to move to New City. She had traded her friends for the ability to change her neighbors, and she realized that friends were much more important than who lived next door.

From that day on, Sarah made a conscious effort to make new friends and to appreciate the ones she had. She learned that in the end, it’s not about who you live next to, but who you have by your side.

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