If you stay at a block of houses or an apartment where you need to walk past several other people's houses every time you go out, you would probably notice that there's at least one house from which "the tail of a dragon" started to come off it. Of course, this is not literal.

What I mean is that you might sense something was not quite right about that house; the door was slightly crooked, the roof or windows needed repairs, the grass wasn't mowed, and there was some mess lying around. What appears to you from the outside made you think the house hasn't been properly taken care of, and you're most probably not wrong.

Jack Kent accurately and amusingly depicts this awkward situation in his book, "There's No Such Thing as a Dragon." In this story, Billy's mother obstinately refused to admit that there was a dragon in the house despite Billy keeping on pointing it out to her. The dragon grew in size very rapidly, such that it eventually filled every part of the house and ran off the street, taking it with him.

We all know that similar "unpleasant situations" happen at home, at work, in our community, or in the world. There are some ugly, broken parts of our lives that we choose not to look at; hence, we do nothing about them, often because of ignorance, hopelessness, or both. We feel too apathetic and powerless to confront these issues, allowing them to escalate and consume us on an individual, group, and societal level. The denial is real. 

However, before we criticise the world for its flaws, it is much more important to identify which aspects of ourselves require fixing and improvement. Are our current beliefs, perceptions, and vision, which shape our thinking, speech, and actions, really helping us be in the best position now and in the future?

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 "𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧" 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬?

There's No Such Thing as a Dragon