Mr. "What if?"

     There is a man who is always waiting for the right time, for the exact moment to appear. Whenever a person is about to make an important decision he pops up like a pimple on a delicate and clean face. And, unfortunately for us, he doesn’t act like a gentleman.

     Oh! Mr. "What if?", why are you always following me? You see my movements and you draw your Machiavellian plans. Even though I step carefully and think that this time I will get my way, you grab my arm and stop me from moving forward; with the speed of a thunder, you start doing your bad! throwing doubts into my mind... one over here, another over there, now my mind is full of “what if’s?” ...“What if I do this, and it doesn’t turn out as I expected?” “What if I decide to do this, and I ruin it?” “What if I make the wrong choice?...” “What If I fail?” “What if I disappoint others with my decision?”. Mr. "What if?", you got me again!

     They say that you are not powerful as I think but every time you come to me, I can’t get ride of you as easily as I wish...Am I an easy point to attack? Or are you just a cruel villain who enjoys making me fall apart? At this point, I'm not sure anymore, just take your belongings and get away from me.

    With your black coat, and your black hat you look like a shadow, that suits you well since you act like my shadow that whispers a new negative thought, uncertainty or doubt in my ear, every time I'm managing to overcome your previous “what if?” and as always, after spitting out your doubts, you end with a  mocking laughter. What a villain you are!

    Now that I remember you didn't use to be so bad before, but as a human being, you grew up and that wasn’t a good thing ‘cause you became meaner over time. In the past, you were gentler; you knew the limits like that time when I had to make my mind and you just gave me one “what if?”: “what if I don’t like it in the end?” and that was all. But, what about now? When I have to make a decision in my life and you give me one hundred and one “what if’s?”!!! You gained experience, you became a master.

    In short, Mr. "What if?", it is obvious that you won’t leave me, you’re not a man who gives up quickly. But I have learned to know you, to understand you, to recognize your way of acting and moving. You are no longer a stranger to me, and the next time you come to me to sabotage me with your wicked and ruthless tricks to fill my mind with insecurities, be sure that I will not let you get away with it...Take care