Denial is the beginning of acceptance of the hard truth, especially when you have spent so much time convincing yourself of the status quo that you eat, live and breathe. It shows a sign of faith, faith that you have in the existing system, no matter how broken, of something that you hold close to your heart and soul.

You start to vent your anger as you discover the current system is collapsing and all that you have worked for will be in vain. All those years of building and constructing sums to zero as the walls begin to crumble under the very foundation you sold your soul to.

Looking for alternatives, you begin to check for any possible opportunities in the new future.You start to look for ways to preserve your status, your value in the current system but yet you cannot find any.

All hope is lost, you tell yourself. Everyone around you has started to embrace the truth. You begin to lose hope but yet you cannot bring yourself to follow your heart. You start to not care about what happens, falling into a state of depression.

The tides turn and you know you have lost. The walls have come down and all that remains are reminisce of a twisted future. The corrupt system you defended so boldly is no longer there. You curse yourself for not being an early adopter and now you don’t have a choice but to be a laggard.

Examining the pieces of your shattered resolve, you find that deep down inside, the very reason you fought so hard in the first place was for the exact same reason the new adopters are fighting for now.

You remember now that somewhere along the journey you have lost your way, misguided by the very trolls of greed and corruption. All the complications of the system has made you someone you never wanted to be.

Your vision now is clear. You know what you are fighting for.

You always have.