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Chapter Five

“Jim, we need to talk right away.” “Okay Phillip, what’s up?”

“Well, it looks like we have a serious problem. I don’t really want to talk on the phone about this.” He paused just slightly, and thought about how best to do this. “Listen, can you meet me at my gym at seven o’clock?”

“If it’s important, I’ll will.”

“Good… and yes, it’s very important. Okay, I’m going to call Julia, and you tell Frances. We’ll have them meet us for a late dinner at Anthony’s at nine o’clock. Okay?”

“Done deal Phillip, I’ll be at your gym at seven, and we’ll all meet at Anthony’s at nine.”

“Good, James… thank you.”

When Phillip got off the phone with James, it was only four thirty. He drove directly to the Forest Preserves that surround Chicago and took a walk through the woods. He found one of his favorite spots next to one branch of the river. It was completely isolated, looking no different than it had when the Indians lived there.

Phillip didn’t really have much self -doubt anymore, but there were times when he needed to get away to the wilderness and let his mind reset. Sitting by the water’s edge, he felt serious, sad, and alone. Not that he generally minded being alone, but there were times, such as this one, when he would have given almost anything to talk to someone who had been through his situation before. Even if they didn’t know the facts involved, they would at least know how it feels to be completely alone; making decisions that might change the world, or that might mean nothing at all… and with no way to know which one it would be.

He had already committed to this path, and for good reason. Yet there were risks. He was putting important ideas into the world, but they were ideas that develop slowly. The seeds might be well-planted, but it might be months or years before they actually took root and sprung up. Even after that, there was no way of knowing how the ideas would play out in the general populace. Would they create the kind of world he wanted, or modify it in some unexpected way? Instability is a strange thing; you never know which way the old structure will tip.

There was no real answer to his problem, only the knowing inside himself that truth mattered; that whether he could guarantee success or not, he would have to tell the truth, without watering it down… which was frightening. If you speak the truth clearly enough, evading it becomes difficult; and when people lose the ability to evade reality, they may become violent. Phillip had to pus h this thought out of his mind. He was taking necessary the precautions and he couldn’t let himself worry like that or else he’d be stopped from doing anything; stopped from living his life.

People imagine what true greatness is like, but their imaginings are closer to fairy tales than they are to reality. Greatness is painful, and wearing.

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