To someone you encounter when you've forgotten them

Well, it's Sunday.
Sunday is the day I write whatever I feel like writing.
I hope you'll join me for a casual read.

I was looking at X this morning.

One of the interesting things about X is that you can secretly eavesdrop on the monologues of many intellectuals. The words of insightful people, even if they are short sentences, can pierce the heart and turn into a splinter.

For example, this is what I saw this morning.

Growth or degradation

People are often arrogant.
I'm sure I am too.
Without even realizing it myself.

At my current company, and at my previous company, when I first joined, the seniors around me were great. I even felt depressed wondering if I could ever become like them. But after a few years, I started to think, "They aren't that big of a deal."

I used to think that was because I had grown.
But wait. "The people around you are a mirror of your own level."
Perhaps I didn't grow, but rather degraded. Could it be that I have become a person who is "not that big of a deal" myself?
Conversely, when a team that was once chaotic starts to function well, and I think to myself, "Everyone has grown," it might mean that I myself have "grown" as well.

Growth is a spiral staircase

Growth is not a straight line.
It is something that climbs like a spiral staircase.
And the people around you are also climbing their own spiral staircases.
Like a multi-layered DNA helix.

If you make the circumference of a spiral staircase small, you can climb higher faster, but if you make the circumference large, it takes longer to climb to the same height. However, you might be able to climb without getting out of breath, or you might be able to enjoy the climb while looking at the beautiful scenery. Everyone should choose the circumference they like.

In my case, perhaps it's an elliptical staircase.
Also, I'm not the type to hold onto things with regret, so I feel like I've hopped onto different staircases quite easily.

I'm sure I'll bump into someone when I've forgotten about them.
And I will see my own reflection in their mirror.
I don't know when that will be, but I hope that when it happens, both they and the version of me reflected in their mirror will be smiling happily.

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