The tang was a bit freaked out as I walked over to the tank and it slid onto the bottom under some of the tank plant life and laid there until I left the area.
I did this a couple of times to be sure that I was the stimulus for this action and by about the third time, I was pretty sure it was me.
The other fish occupants of the tank looked on at the antics of the tang in utter disbelief. The clown fish and the yellow tang kept a close eye on me, the outsider, but maintained their ground.
I was, as you might expect, fascinated by the blue hippo tang though. Hiding in plain sight, but feeling safer.
Like the ostrich of the aquarium.
I think is was cute.
But I also felt as if I was seeing myself sometimes when I try to ignore the activities of the world around me. It is as if I am hiding in plain sight. I ignore the world--but the world is still there.
And the only thing that winds up happening is that what I'm ignoring and not dealing with, gets bigger.
I know someone who tried the ignore approach with a traffic ticket. And no--this is no one I'm related to, so everyone, breathe easier.
The ticket did not go away--it only got worse and when the ticket caught up with the person, it was a lot worse and a lot more embarrassing than just going to court and taking care of the problem in the first place. It is no fun to be handcuffed along the side of the highway because of a warrant due to failure to show up in court.
We cannot be successful in life by acting like the hippo tang in the tank.
Stuff will catch up with us and definitely, hiding in plain sight is not going to work.
Deal with it. Earlier is better.
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