ROGER: "Mark has got his work," they say "Mark lives for his work," and "Mark's in love with his work." MARK HIDES IN HIS WORK.
MARK: From what?!
ROGER: From facing your failure, facing your loneliness, facing the fact you live a lie. Yes, you live a lie! Tell you why -- you're always preaching not to be numb, when that's how you thrive. You pretend to create and observe when you're really detached from feeling alive.
It really hit close to home. Too bad recently I've been a little apprehensive referring to work as a temporary sanctuary. Past few days, a lot of things are happening -- specifically very murky office politics -- which are proving to be very difficult territories to wade through.
Regardless whether both sides have valid arguments, it's still undeniably a dirty affair and I'd rather have nothing to do with it. Which I don't, as a matter of fact, but with an account as small as ours, even the innocent ones feel the wave, and little earthquakes in between are unavoidable.
I called a meeting for my team before the shift ended tonight, told them to try and weather what's happening, and to not get involved anymore. If things go well, we can expect minimal turbulence at most. Otherwise, I will have to force myself step up and see what I can do about it.
Sigh. Honestly I just want a normal, ordinary job. Why can't one collective of minds just get along while going the same direction? But I think we all know the answer to that already. It's just that with a group as small as ours, it shouldn't be that difficult getting along, right?
Princess Serenity is right. Life is not a Great Game, but a Great Dance. Still, there are people who'd rather experience life as a Game. And I can't hold it against them either.
