I have never eaten Baked Alaska but my understanding is it combines hot and cold into one dessert. There are times in one’s life when you live “Baked Alaska”. When it is time to move on but it is a frightening and difficult decision. Unlike some decisions it can take months to decide and more months to do. I think breaking up with a SO can be easier (not always!). I think of John Popper’s song “Run-Around” She is breaking up with him and he just cannot believe it.
“Oh, once upon a midnight eerie
I woke with something in my head
I couldn’t escape the memory
Of a phone call and of what you said
Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
I could not believe my eyes
When I saw through the thoughts of a trusted friend
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies, yeah humor me and tell me lies”
I imagine he put so much into the relationship and trusted her. Imagine it is a different relationship. Imagine it is something you put your heart and soul into. To feel you have no choice but to abandon it. To put so much trust, blood, sweat, tears, investment into its potential and to have to walk away. It is like mourning the death of a loved one. (Fortunately, no people died.)
A philosopher once wrote “To destroy a man criticize him for his virtues.” Think on that. How evil must one be to try and destroy another human being. 😦 I imagine it is effective. Especially in a business setting most people try to do the right thing and if they try and do the right thing and they are lambasted for what they did it creates a lot of dissonance. It is a stomach churner.
So it is the high anxiety time.
Chance Musings 