Flackmoth and Routine
Flackmoth has always been of the opinion
that a daily routine gives life a sense of order
and purpose and, he points out with pride,
which he makes no effort whatever to conceal,
he’s faithfully had a routine everyday of his
adult life, namely, a systematic and unfailing
doing of nothing, which he points out without
apology, and contrary to sound reasoning
(to Flackmoth at least), is in fact something,
for otherwise, he reasons, doing nothing
would be intolerably boring, since it follows
that not everything that’s done is necessarily
worth doing, whereas the true value of a routine
of doing nothing, at least the kind Flackmoth
advocates so ardently and practices daily,
is that it’s failure and self-deprecation free,
and, as a consequence, can never disappoint,
allowing the mind to escape the most damaging
of psychological effects –low self-esteem,
feelings of uselessness, and a life pursued by
suicidal tendencies – those nefarious things
so many experience in our times, and who
at an early age were brainwashed into thinking
and accepting this utterly false ideal, namely
that the doing of something, anything,
as opposed to doing nothing, is one of life’s
highest goals humans can strive for and attain.
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2021
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