Over the weekend, something happened that reminded me of a TV show that I used to watch. In the show, this one guy, we’ll call him Greg, had left his stable job with a large organization to “strike it out on his own.” One of his co-workers, we’ll call him Fred, from his now previous job was talking to Greg’s girlfriend about how much he admired Greg for leaving the rat race.
Fred was waxing poetic about Greg leaving and going to be his own man and go stand on his own. Fred kept lavishing praises on Greg for leaving the rat race behind and going to follow his dreams. Greg’s girlfriend asked Fred:
Why don’t you join Greg and leave the rat race behind too?
Fred replied:
Oh no, I’m a rat.
This scene has been in my head for sometime now. I always think of it whenever I try to do my own thing and stand on my own.
Recently, it got me to thinking, that you should figure out if you’re a rat or not. I don’t believe that one is better than the other, I just think that you should know if you’re a rat or not. Again, you don’t have to like being a rat in the rat race, you just have to figure out if you’re a rat or not.
Basically, the way I see it, you’re either a rat in the rat race, or you’re not a rat.
One isn’t better than the other, you just are what you are. You could argue that you’re a rat in the rat race that really wants to get out of the rat race. What that really tells me is that you’re not a rat at all. You just haven’t metamorphosed into your non-rat form, yet.
So, which one are you?
