Friday, February 12, 2010

Hello, my name is Excuse Me? Or is it Shadow? Is a name really needed?


I am so confused. I have 2 supervisors at work. One knows my name and the other doesn't. Its supervisor #2 that doesn't know my name. When he wants to talk to me, he says "Excuse Me." Every time, without fail. When he talks to my coworkers, he calls them by name, but not me. Maybe my name has been changed somewhere? Maybe my name is Excuse Me? I wasn't given a memo with that, so I am confused.

OK, so my new name is Excuse Me McFadden, well according to supervisor #2 anyway :)

On another note, supervisor #1 told me today that my coworkers there are calling me Shadow. I am very quick in my work, and don't stay in one place long, so for them to see me, its a rare occasion as I slip by them quietly, deep in my pursuit of completing my work, I don't stop for the daily chit chat that they all engage in. I am almost transparent, as if I am not really there, like a ghost or apparition, a slight breeze swiftly passing them.

I get all my assigned work done quickly and without hesitation, an excellent worker, no complaints, and continue to help out my coworkers afterwords with their work as well, all with precision, with great attention to detail and organization. I am but a shadow, the thing you see out of the corner of your eye that grasps your attention but when you turn to look, I may be gone, but in my path of existence, is all I have left behind, the precisely organized work, my signature trademark. Anything less than that, I wouldn't be a shadow, I wouldn't be ME! I am not important, not my physical existence, because all that really matters is what I leave behind in my wake, that is what is important, that is what is everlasting and hopefully contagious, inspirational, in a good way of course.

Everything I touch, figuratively and literally, my energy transfers to, a part of me stays with that, working to transform that thing, influence it in that it becomes more positive and takes on more attributes that come along with my energy.

So, when supervisor #2 calls me "Excuse Me" he is most certainly right to do so, as I am not a name, I am more than that, a name is meaningless in the greater scheme of things. As a physical person I am insignificant, just another set of bones, blood, water, and skin. In my real presence, I am energy, always been and always will be, transparent but forceful and influencing, part of the universe. This is who I am.