Nov 03 2010
A better person
It’s been quiet on this side, and yet it feels like I have been busy all along. Or maybe I have been busy, and it is just that time of year in which everything should be drawing to a close, but it is not, at least not on this side of the globe. The truth is that the world is divided into two hemispheres, and one carries more weight than the other. On my side of the map now, everybody sees winter as a natural occurrence in December. However, it is not logical and it will never be, despite the rulings of nature or political and economic superpowers. The year ends in December. Everything should lead to that conclusion, to that ending, and summer is the logical sidekick to reflection time.
November is perhaps the time to start wrapping up, coming to conclusions, planning strategically for the year ahead, deciding to be a better person. I have the feeling that we only decided to be better persons when we were children and we thought that was possible. Once we grow up, some of us just keep trying, even though we know it may only be wishful thinking. As adults, so many of us will still continue to be children. The more powerful we get, the more childish we can be. Our insecurities may have never left us, but simply changed focus from school life to office politics, and whether we can get that promotion, or our colleague’s seat. However, the hopeful side of human pettiness is that the line is always drawn somewhere. One can only wish that line is drawn closer to one’s true self, closer to our heart.



