After a long time, seeing him still silent, you immediately guessed, asking gently: "10% of the cases must be out yet?". The other issue is that the company's vice president has just retired and is holding an empty seat. And he has implemented a plan to prove his ability since last year, to build prestige.
He always takes on difficult work, working day and night and always emphasizes in the endless tea talks: "We need a young, creative person, with a new vision". Everyone knows who he is talking about. However, life is like a balloon flying, sometimes it seems like it is close to touching hands, but the balloon floats high.
He sighed to his friend: "Whoever is afraid of his younger sister like a candy, slow to speak, always stays at the company until the latest to edit the plan, answer the appointed customer's email, is in pain. It must be a boss who likes to be lenient, but there is nothing outstanding".
You pat him lightly in the afternoon to comfort him. After nearly 10 minutes of drinking a cup of coffee, he loudly said: "Actually, I'm not very interested in that position. Many responsibilities, little freedom. In my current position, I still master my time, not having to hold many meetings, I'm happier!...
And from that day on, he seems to have lived a happier life, at least on the surface. He told a story of laughter during lunchtime, posted a photo of himself drinking coffee at a "chill" place every morning online, along with the philosophy: "No need to climb high, just live for real". Everyone laughed at each other, because everyone knew he was comforting himself...
Then one day, after a frank conversation with his best friend who had just returned from abroad, that night, he couldn't sleep and wondered: "Do you really don't want that seat, or are you just covering up your failure?"
She listened to him tell the story, look at his identity and told him to live true to his own emotions. Don't care too much about others and don't try to create another image of your true self. She recalled the La Fontaine saying Fox and Grape Cluster about a Fox craving a cluster of ripe grapes, but unable to reach them, so she comforted herself that they were still green and sour.
And he stopped "mental hygiene". He realized that failure is not about not getting a seat, but about not daring to admit his own desire. The greatest healing does not come from comfort words on social networks, but from action. He no longer cares about proving to others how "happy" he is, nor is he afraid to admit failure. He has found true freedom: freedom to desire, act and live truly.
