UG

There is an ugly thing called UG.

It is a parasite which feeds off a healthy conscience but has no roots in it.
It exhibits a tropism for ‘good’, gentle human beings, especially ‘people-pleasers’.
It leaves its host feeling culpable despite the fact that its very existence lacks foundation and is by no means based on fact.
It suckles on the marrow of free will and revels in intrinsic dilemmas.
A puppet master in its own right, it causes its victims to think and act in ways wholly discordant with their truth.
It is a close friend and successful business partner to Manipulation.
It has the power to fool the heart, clog the mind, steer the body, and shackle the soul.
It whittles away at precious time with its convincing delaying tactics.
It plays, merrily, with Doubt and seeks only the fulfilment of its self.
It gains a stranglehold when Confidence or Esteem drops out of the league.
It is a gossipmonger, and a noisy one at that, always attempting to drown out the voice of Reason.
It creates harmony with Misery, and cloaks ‘Wrong’ with the deceit of its ‘Right’.

It is both unhealthy and unfair. Dastardly so.

It should be recognized.
It should be questioned.
It should be destroyed.

It is called UG, this ugly thing.
It is...Unfounded Guilt.