It’s like the end of a movie when you see the main character
reach that optimal point of self actualization where they see themselves and
the life they were meant to have like it was on a home movie screen. The inner most desires and intimate details
are no longer pushed back and hidden underneath the burden that became real
life.
She sat there in yet another pointless meeting where each
speaker stood to give their all knowing opinion on what was undoubtedly the
most important topic of the moment. The
one thing that everyone needed to commit to in order to save the company, the
planet, themselves, or something. Her
thoughts began to reach out to what it would really take to save herself. Can any sense be made out of such total
chaos? She sat back and let her mind wander into this more important train of
thought. She waited for the movie to
start. She’d seen this movie before, the
family Christmases and vacations. A
beautiful wedding to a faceless man and the birth of faceless children. Even after she committed herself to a
marriage without a heart she continued to see these things without clarity on
who would come to play the main characters.
Now that she had found a person she felt linked to her inner being, her
soul mate, she wondered if this face would now be filled in. How does it work when all the things you’ve
dreamed of for your life have no meaning to the person you want to share them
with? Does the movie change to some
compromise that would meet the needs of both main characters? Do you continue to see what you want only
with the aching understanding that these things will never come true? Or do your desires change to line up with
that of the person you so willingly give your hopes and dreams over to? As the screen finally turned white and she
could hear the projector start turning she was brought back to the world of
call flows and occupancy as she realized that the meeting was coming to an
end. Another day with nothing
accomplished, no greater understanding of the business world, herself or the
meaning of life.
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