A Simple High

My output to her input made a hybrid… we came together.

—Jig3125

Sometimes chemistry doesn’t need a laboratory.

No beakers.

No white coats.

No complicated formulas scribbled across a board.

Sometimes it’s just two people.

One brings something.

The other responds.

A little input.

A little output.

A reaction.

And suddenly something exists that didn’t exist before.

That’s the interesting part about coming together.

It isn’t always about one person giving and another receiving.

Sometimes both people change the equation.

Her input meets my output.

My output meets her input.

And somewhere in between…

A hybrid appears.

Not exactly hers.

Not exactly mine.

Something new.

Something shared.

A conversation becomes laughter.

Laughter becomes comfort.

Comfort becomes connection.

And connection becomes something neither person could have produced alone.

That’s the beauty of collaboration .

Maybe that’s what “together” really means.

Not losing yourself.

Not becoming someone else.

Just creating enough space for two things to meet…

and become a third.

A simple high.

No complicated formula.

Just input.

Output.

Reaction.

Result.

We came together.

And apparently…

the equation worked.

— JIG3125