“…We’ve still got a long
way to go before the intended time. We shall let it come to pass and we will
decide what we make of what we have by then. This is what we agreed upon with ‘Top Management’. It is they who know best.
We shall honor the arrangement.”
“I can’t help it. I’m
not saying that I’m suffocating from the restriction here.”
“You shouldn’t. We are
at liberty. But at who’s expense? What is my purpose if not to stop you from making
a mess again? You failed a few times already. Let me show you a clearer
picture, it’s embarrassing!”
“…We have goals set. You’ve
started working on them. These are basic prerequisites, even for other things. Do
they mean anything at all to you? Do not deviate! We should at least try, if
not accomplish in full.”
“With our time frame?
Impossible. Well, almost. Do you know who sound like right now? You sound just
like me.”
“And just like you, I
know it’s not negativity. It’s not fiction, either. One step at a time, buddy. We’ll
get to where we ought to be. Granting we get what we want now, what then? What
real fulfillment is there in instant gratification? We only move on to a higher
plane of another desire. We work for our goals, be cautious in our moves. If we
fall, we fall. We get back up again with help.”
“…And that’s exactly
what ‘Top Management’ is all about. To
help us if we fail along the way.”
I imagine myself talking
my thoughts with an imaginary humanoid – a cliché personification of my
conscience. A bit similar to the ‘angel-and-devil-at-opposite-sides-of-a-gullible-human’
satire. Except, instead of three characters, there are only two: he is the
‘angel’ and I am the ‘devil’, an antagonist unto myself. A version strangely
closer to reality.
Not a sidekick, but an emissary
and a consoling friend. Our conscience is our ally.
Anything with this much
pain involved is worth the wait. But we won’t just wait, we must work.
“We shall let the
intended time come to pass and we will decide what we make of what we have by
then”. Indeed.
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