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(This is the next excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Geometry of Success, (Roberts & Ross Publishing, 2009).See the series table of contents to read the first excerpt.
Copyright 2008 by Ronda Del Boccio
Dissatisfied with the effect of mentally venting his angst, Sam opened a Word document, set the type to bold and wrote, “What’s the point of living like this? That wasn’t enough, so he highlighted and underlined it, then, still wishing he could scream, wrote his question again, “What’s the point of living like this?”< ?xml:namespace prefix =”" o />
“You’re asking the wrong question.”
“What did you say?” Sam whirled around in his chair. Had he said that aloud? He felt as if someone had dumped ice water onto his heated internal rant. His heart pounded. Had he screamed aloud, not in his head? Would people pop up like gofers to stare in the direction of his scream?
No. The Big Boss, whom Sam called BB, and a man Sam did not recognize were passing his cube deep in conversation. The man had not been speaking to Sam, but to BB. His heartbeat slowing towards normal, Sam wondered what wrong question Glenn was asking.
Nobody was staring at him, but he hastily closed the document without saving it and got back to work. Life in the office hummed along as usual. He had not made an outburst. As he made his way through the endless pile of forms to be keyed, he could not help but think about the timing of that answer. He had been mentally going through how awful his life was and reliving every discouraging thing about it. When he felt like screaming right into the face of God or life or anyone and asked what the point of living like this was, someone had said he was asking the wrong question.
Was he? If that was somehow a message for him, then what was the right question?
He looked at the pointing finger mouse pointer. I wish someone would point me in the right direction.
Finally, he watched the last two minutes of his workday go by on his computer clock and grabbed his jacket. A glimmer of hope sparked as he remembered the board. Twenty people huddled around the list. Dan turned to Sam, shaking his head. “Sorry, bud, you didn’t make it. Me either. Wanna get a beer?”
Sam’s shoulders slumped. “No, I have to get the kids and get home.”
Now started Phase Two of Life As Usual. Sam picked up the kids and tuned out their chattering and bickering. < ?xml:namespace prefix =”" st1 />Nancy had left a slow cooker of stew for them and a loaf of bread. She would not be home until eight. After the usual fighting over whose turn it was to set and clear the table, Christy did it. They ate dinner. Danny cleared, rinsed and put the dishes in the dishwasher.
“Get your homework done,” Sam told them, as always.
The kids ran up to Nancy when she got home. They had an animated discussion about school and Danny’s basketball practice. Sam felt numb. Once Nancy had talked with them, gone over homework, gotten them bathed and into bed, she turned to Sam and gave him one of those long looks that always made him squirm. “Sam, are you in there?”
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