A gothic church. A confessional. A priest sits again to the wall. A person kneels in prayer. A wall divides them.
Priest: What sins have you ever to admit, my son?
Man: I believed, father.
Priest: Believing is just not a sin.
Man: It must be.
Priest: What did you consider?
Man: I believed 2024 could be totally different, father. I believed this 12 months would look totally different than different years.
Priest: Did it not?
Man: It didn’t.
Priest: Do you remorse your perception?
Man: How can I?
Priest: Then why do you confess it as sin?
Man: What else can I do? What’s the objective of this all if we don’t succumb to the idea that 12 months forward shall be totally different, shall be higher, than the 12 months simply skilled?
Priest: Is the idea primarily based upon tangible modifications you’ve witnessed or mere religion?
Man: This 12 months, it was primarily based on tangible developments. I noticed issues, optimistic issues. There was a logical psychological development made. There was purpose, father, actual purpose to consider.
Priest: Do you are feeling duped?
Man: I do.
Priest: Are you disillusioned?
Man: Profoundly.
Priest: Disappointment can solely be felt when one permits themselves to have expectations. And expectations include an emotional dedication to a greater world. You hope for a greater world.
Man: Sure. A greater world.
Priest: However expectations should even be managed. Like a delicatessen or soccer workforce have to be managed.
Man: I do know.
Priest: Are you able to managing your expectations?
Man: I don’t know.
Priest: What do you understand as your main impediment?
Man: Pleasure.
Priest: How so?
Man: What’s the level of getting up every day, every Monday, every Thursday, every Sunday, and fascinating with a world if that engagement brings you no pleasure? The enjoyment is within the perception that issues shall be higher. As quickly as I relinquish that, I relinquish all the pieces.
Priest: So, you’ll proceed to consider. And my son, maybe 2025 shall be higher than 2024.
Man: Do you actually suppose so, father?
Priest: I consider.
Man: Amen.
Priest: Say one Hail Mary, and you can be absolved.
Man: The fucking Hail Mary…
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