How is it in the
workplace we know at the drop of a hat we are replaceable, yet in our personal
lives that thought never crosses our mind?
When we meet someone
and it turns into a relationship we think that it'll be forever. But when
forever turns into 25 years short of that, we go our separate ways and move on.
We live day to day completely oblivious, until that one day we find out he/she has
found someone else. We think to ourselves how is this possible, I was
everything that he/she wanted? That statement right there is what I'm talking
about. How could I be replaced? We have this skewed vision on ourselves and
feel that no one can take our place. Yet every day at work we are on our toes
knowing full well that we can be replaced. So why can't we carry this very
helpful information forward with us in our personal lives? We know when we
leave a job; we will assist in training our replacement. So why is it so hard in
our personal lives to accept that we will eventually be replaced?
We work so hard in
our lives to try and be the best we can be but somewhere along the way we
forget ourselves and try to tailor who we are for someone we think they (either
he/she) want us to be. Our view of reality becomes a facade which we must work
very hard at keeping up. The line between reality and fantasy becomes very fine,
which then leads me to the inevitable question..."When can I be
replaced?" Which should then lead us to the inevitable answer...I wasn't
happy with who I'd become. It's no wonder I was replaced. So as we ponder this very simple explanation we have to chuckle to ourselves
and say when it really matters, I won't care if I'm replaced just as long as I
don't lose myself in the process.
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