First published 19 September 2019.
Last week, I had the unique opportunity to be a part of a two-day Strategic Operations’ event, with the management of the company I work for. The experience was rigorous, and while the splendour of the mansion we stayed at is something that will occasionally visit random moments of pleasant spontaneous recollection, one notion reaffirmed itself in my mind – that I’ll always have a strong desire to try and express the intangible, but will mostly fail at doing so properly.
There truly is a lot to consider when presenting a feeling, or an observation, and especially so, to an audience with a limited time and desire to delve deep into the realm of the abstract. Now wonder why so many who also invest a great deal of their precious vitality and time often end up psychologically scared, inspite of end results. Ideas sound good, reverberating all on their own in the confines of our skulls, but once expressed, laid bare for others to see and take an inquisitive stab at, you become a witness to how feeble your initial attempts almost always are. It gets better, we’re told and I am willing to believe that white lie, but am also yet to see the evidence. ‘Your Honour, We find the defendant: guilty!’. ‘But.. wait!’ I raise my voice ‘We all know what this is really all about, despite the fact that we’re not on the same page this very moment!’. The judge’s wooden mallet slams down with authoratitave finality. The case is over, the fate of the defendant is sealed. Its each and every individual that makes the whole, but the latter will take precedence.
And so, we all move on with that promise from a few lines earlier. Every second, a second chance but time is not of infinite supply, and neither is our patience.
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