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For The Greater Good
A Story About Giving Up For The Greater Good.
“What do you think I should do?” President Thomas Paylor asked his best friend and advisor Paul Kilmer.
“Let go, your journey has ended,” Paul suggests.
Nodding Thomas said, “ I can’t.”
“You were elected on your father’s good name, three elections later, you managed to drive this country on the edge of poverty and destroyed everything your father has created. Let go and let the better man rule.”
“I can’t.”
“You just can’t see the wrongs you have done.”
“I did my best.”
“When humans can’t see the wrongs they have done, they will sit on a self destruct button. For the sake of your father’s good name, let go.”
He nodded.
Paul sighed and said, “What’s today temperature?”
Looking at his cellphone, President Thomas said, “31 degrees.”
“You see how bright the sun is shining, yet it’s bitterly cold.”
“Yea,” Thomas stared out through the huge bay window.
“That’s what your power is right now. You are as powerless as the sun is right now. It’s shining brightly, but it’s cold outside. The power belongs to the cold.”
