Aggressive ambition
is one of the
most
frightening things
I have ever
had to bear
witness
to. It’s terrifying.
I’m chilled
by it.
I’ve seen
bloody Jack O’Lanterns
that were less
menacing than
a person’s
blind ambition and
desire for
successful recognition
above
everything else.
They want
the money,
they want
happiness,
they want
success,
they want
love,
without
knowing what those
things are
really about or worth.
It’s spine
tingling how
much, how
badly, they want
it. I’m
happy with a modicum
of success
and it warmly sustains
me for
weeks, months even.
The monstrously
ambitious, it’s
never enough.
They’ll suck the
marrow from
the bones before
the body is
dead, like a vampire
with a Carpe
Diem tattoo.
They’re
hooked on a life spent in
pursuit of
cheating death.
As
moderates, we know, we die.
It can’t be
helped (unless medical
science is
like, “Hey, Live Forever
Pills, on
the market!) Which my
insurance probably
wouldn’t cover.
Death doesn’t
scare me as much as fiery
ambition does.
The
ambitious, their uncompromising
desire for
success trumps any unconditional
love they
could have had. They project
their
desires for success onto others and
wonder, “Why
aren’t they as motivated as
I am? They
must suck at life, while I am
clearly
killing it.”
Only true
monsters believe they’re
above
judgment, above reproach,
above
considering the issues or
troubles of
the mildly ambitious.
They choose
not to empathize because
it might
de-rail their own ambitions.
Human
kindness, understanding,
are
weaknesses for the ambitious.
Worse than a
Wolfman, Frankenstein’s
Monster, The
Mummy, or Xenomorphs
is any
ability to be patiently understanding.
Patience is the terror of the
ambitious.
Which makes them a terror for me.
“Bla, Bla, I
vont us to start investing
in saving
for a trip to Mexico after ve get
back from
our hang-gliding adventure, bla!
I vill just
have to reschedule zee meetings I
have vit de
neighborhood association and
zee dog
sitter service, bla, bla!” – Ambitious
Vampire
voice.
Nightmares
scare me less.
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