Struggle and Selfishness


Sometimes, it’s better for you to deprive someone of something. It teaches him to struggle. It teaches him to hope and dream of that certain day where he will have it. He’ll go through days thinking about the infinite possibilities of what could happen when he gets what he wished for. Everything he will do with whatever it is. And after so many days, so many months, and so many years of dreaming, there will be a time where he’ll get tired and be frustrated. Frustrated with the world. Frustrared with himself. He’s a thirsty creature in the middle of the desert, cutting cactus to cactus for water. It fills him but never did it please him. He wanted more. He wanted the oasis. He wanted a pool of water to drink at, to bathe at, and to do anything he can’t do in the midst of the thirst. He searched and he searched with all his hopes high, confident that his determination will get him there. He got there, all teary eyed and crazy smile faced. Emotions of happiness and thirst along with his tiredness stirred within him. All his dreams about this day, this certain day that he finds his oasis, came flashing back in his mind. And he smiled again. He drank, he bathe and did everything he could with the oasis. As travelers pass by, he shouts in joy and pride. Proud of the oasis he found. Proud of his oasis. He never let anyone drink from it let alone go near it. And that’s where everything changes. Sometimes, it’s scary for you to deprive someone of something. As it teaches him to struggle, hope and dream, as the time passes by and his needing becomes very unbearable and he conveniently finds what he’s looking for, he learns to be selfish and greedy.



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