Palm Trees

Last week I organized a carpool with 2 of my co-workers. We set up a system where one person drives for a week, and then we just switch off after our week is done. As a gesture of trust, I took the dive and drove everyone to work last week. Well, now that this week has come around, I now get to enjoy being the passenger.

The first thing I noticed in the morning was the abundance of palm trees in Los Angeles. Who knew? I've been living in Los Angeles for most of my 23 years, and never noticed this. As we were passing USC's Galen Center I couldn't help but be dumbfounded that something so big had escaped my eyes for so long.

Our mind filters out much of what we see; otherwise, there would be an overload of sensory input that would result in headaches all day (don't quote me, I'm making assumptions).

The question becomes: What else that is right in front of us do we not see?