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Frustration, Hypocrisy And The Power Of Finishing
How a convenient world is eroding our ability to commit and complete
People will mystify you. Annoy you. Confound you. Disappoint you. You’ll be left shaking your head with a wry smile on your face as they do something that makes perfect sense to them but leaves you totally bemused.
And guess what? Probably at exactly the same time you’ll be doing something that seems totally natural to you that will be making someone else experience similar levels of frustration.
This is called life. Billions of different people in the world, all with a slightly different idea of what “the right thing to do” is.
At the end of the day, most people will look out for themselves, consciously or subconsciously, and they will vehemently express and defend their right to do so.
Fair enough.
And yet…
There is something troubling about the concept of just dropping in and out of commitment and community as and when it suits us.
If you take the benefits shouldn’t you do your bit in return?
Or is it OK to just play by the rules when it suits you and not bother when it doesn’t?
