A Conversation With My Alter Ego

ME: Can I sleep now?

ALTER EGO: NO! You gotta stay awake and study!

ME: But why? I don't need to know everything 'cause no one is smart enough to ask me about everything.

ALTER EGO: But you have already set in people's mind the things they have to expect from you.

ME: Can I just tell them that I'm stupid?

ALTER EGO: NO! They won't believe you.

ME: Why not?

ALTER EGO: 'Cause they are expecting you to be great!

ME: But why?

ALTER EGO: 'Cause you have set in their minds that you are smart!

ME: I don't like that! How can I change this 'expectation-thing' you are talking about?

ALTER EGO: You cannot change it anymore; it’s either you meet their expectations or you disappoint them.

ME: WHAT!!? No way!

ALTER EGO: As Ralph Waldo Emerson quoted, "To be great is to be misunderstood."

ME: What do you mean?

ALTER EGO: You're great. And that is the reason why people misunderstand you.

ME: When will they understand me?

ALTER EGO: Maybe, by the time you'll have the same level of greatness.

ME:  When will that be?

ALTER EGO:  Well, it depends with the person, if he or she will easily get to your level, then you'll easily understand each other.

ME: What?! I still don't understand it. When will they stop calling me "weirdo"?

ALTER EGO: By the time they'll finally understand you.

ME:  When will that be?

ALTER EGO: When they already reach the same level as yours.

ME:  I want an exact date and time!

ALTER EGO: No one can ever tell when it will be.

ME: But I'm tired of being misunderstood.

ALTER EGO: You gotta hold on.

ME: But for how long?

ALTER EGO:  From Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, “plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future full of hope." 

ME: Okay.

*End of Conversation*