[ WP ] Mundane Monday : Let 's take a walk

`` So listen, I've been thinking, and I think I know what we need.'' 
 
 `` What, like a new coffee table? Mine has a lot of stains, since you keep on forgetting to put down a coaster.'' 
 
 `` Nah, dude, not like that. I mean what we need as a race! As part of humanity!'' 
 
 `` Ugh, one of these again...'' 
 
 `` I promise that it's really good.'' 
 
 ``... fine. Okay, tell me. What do we, as members of the human race, need?'' 
 
 `` We need something to tell us when we're almost there!'' 
 
 ``... what. You mean like GPS?'' 
 
 `` No! Well, kind of. But for tasks! Goals! Achievements in our lives!'' 
 
 `` I'm really feeling lost here.'' 
 
 `` Okay, well, think about this. Have n't you ever wanted to become a best-selling author? Or a famous actor? You know, some big dream like that?'' 
 
 `` Of course I have! Everyone has.'' 
 
 `` Well, so why'd you give it up?'' 
 
 `` I mean, I dunno. It's tough, is n't it? You try and you try, and you do n't seem to be getting anywhere. Eventually, you just stop.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, exactly! But do n't you wonder sometimes? What if you were almost there?'' 
 
 `` You mean like I was about to make the big time?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, exactly! And maybe you were just one book, one gig away! But you do n't know, because you quit before covering that last little step.'' 
 
 `` Ah, I see. But if there had been a voice to tell me that I was almost there-'' 
 
 `` Then you would have pushed through, and you might be famous by now! Or rich! Or successful in life!'' 
 
 `` Hey! I think I'm doing okay in life!'' 
 
 `` Oh, okay, sure, but not amazing, right? Because we give up too fast! So we need someone to tell us that we're almost there!'' 
 
 `` Or even better, a progress bar.'' 
 
 `` No, not a progress - actually, wait, hold on. That does work better.'' 
 
 `` So it's agreed. We need a progress bar for all of our goals in life. I'll draw up the paperwork so that we can submit it to God for his signature.'' 
 
 `` Come on, dude, you do n't have to be sarcastic about it.'' 
 
 `` I'm just saying - it's a cool thought, but it's not just magically gon na happen.'' 
 
 `` Whatever. I thought it was creative. Anyway, it's getting chilly out. We should probably turn around.'' 
 
 `` But what if we're almost there??'' 
 
 `` Almost where?'' 
 
 `` I dunno. Whatever our walk goal is.'' 
 
 `` Just for that, I'm not gon na use a coaster on your coffee table tonight.''
