by Eddie Pipkin
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
I was cleaning up the good ol’ Honda CRV last week, when, lo and behold, I discovered a feature that I had never used before. We’ve owned this car for six years, and you’d think by now I would know the minutiae of its equipment configuration and operational options. But no! I pulled on a little recessed handle in the rear cargo space, and – shazam! – the back seats released and lowered themselves into the flat position all by themselves. How did I not know this was a thing? Oh, the countless steps I wasted in the past half-decade, trudging around to first the left and then the right side of the car, opening the doors, and manually lowering those seats! That’s how it is, though. There’s always something new and surprising to learn about anything and anybody if we just keep paying attention and leave ourselves open to a shifted perspective.
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