The Writing on the Wall - 05/21/26
Ever been someone so observant that you could see the writing on the wall?
How did it make you feel to just sit there in limbo while you watched everything playout in a way where the only thing that was avoidable - was people assuming you were too naive to see it?
I, personally, find this kind of obtuse 'maintaining' the status quo as disrespectful.
I have seen it a few places in my days:
- A job I ask if I am going to be replaced from, and they say no... until they do.
- A relationship that is already separated in all but name?
- A divorce where families try all kinds of "fixes" that just end up being prolonged torture until the inevitable.
I feel like when you are the unwilling bystander to the train you can see speeding towards you down the track - but cannot get out of the way; is when it crosses the line of for your own good, or "committed to trying".
Bonus points if you have ever been gaslit on the other side of it for being an "overthinker" or for being a "Self-fulfilling prophecy" who by raising concerns and standard foresight ability - suddenly went from having zero control over the situation - to being the orchestrator of the outcome.
Anyways - just the philosophy of the day.
Do you have a similar story? I'd like to hear it.