Manipulative people: social expectations

People-manipulators... This is the title I saw in my notes about thoughts a long time ago. Social expectations, obvious, simple, explainable and easy words - what they say from the screens, write in forecasts and what they teach. The business coach talks about such elementary things that you are amazed...

People pay big money for this. Horoscopes... something that can't help but suit you personally. Exactly... damn, it was in the horoscope! It came true! An interview where you are asked the same questions, the answers to which in different variations are available online, and even the most inept "candidate" will understand how and when to answer after the 5th interview.

Good evening, eternal cold,
It sends shivers down to the bones
Trouble comes, it comes then,
When you least expect it.
You won't have time to say "forever"
And it’s immediately clear that you’re lying. Where there was water, there’s now ice.
Drawings of other people's soles.
I often dream of spring,
Familiar footprints in the sand
The wall kissed by the sunset
And glare on the ceiling.
Someone's laughter, rolling like a wave,
But everything is drowning in a viscous melancholy,
That drinks my blood to the very bottom
And lies like dust in the corner.

I am nobody,
I can't replace you with anyone.
And even though you have aces in your hand,
I still have nothing to counter with.
You are of a different color,
I am in your power,
So unhappy,
That I draw images in my head
And at least somehow I try to survive.

You look at the world from the outside, but for me
Everything that is inside is closer.
Because, as far as I know, outside
You are of no use to anyone at all.
I stretch out my hand to you, “Come on!” The rain shamelessly licks my fingers.
If only there was someone to bring back
The rest is not the point.
Be, please... just be!
And someday, maybe,
Suddenly the eternal cold will retreat
And believe in the “glorious” forever.

© Мария Богоявленская

There is always something to cover with! As in business, there are no unsolvable problems. Everything is achievable and always, just pay attention to the composition spent on the "preparation". It is stupid to open the tap of the bowl and wait for a stream of juice to flow with a strong pressure, if you put only unpeeled oranges inside it. When there is someone to work with and with what to work on and they have experience of better work - expect a result. Even if you throw knives into the bowl and give it all a spin, then such juice will probably not be to your taste.

To be continued…

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