Are we indispensable or just easily replaceable?
Have we overfed our shallow egos into thinking that the office, home or partners just can't make it without us?
Truth is that we are all easily replaceable because nothing we do in our daily lives is that "unique." Some individuals may go above and beyond their call of duty, or whatever that means. But who is the one calling? Is it the outside world or the ego? "Above and beyond" is not listed in any job qualifications, just an added benefit and choice we make. Who benefits? Is it altruism?
Perhaps unconsciously we are all thinking of taking the place someone else holds. I don't mean this in a negative way, just a thought. I mean, who doesn't think of moving up, getting a promotion, replacing the current champion? Those precious #1, the champs, are replaced and become a memory and an entry in history books.
Parents, friends, bosses, even lovers are replaceable. We may fool ourselves into thinking that what we have is all that there is, but there's always someone else around the corner to be the substitute for a role. And we continue the cycle of feeding each-other's egos.
A cruel replacement is that of "impossible dreams" that are downgraded to just mere "happy thoughts" worth entertaining until they are completely decimated by the cruelty of reality. Some dreams just die without the opportunity to be replaced.
