The Chair at the Table

Not every table is worth joining. Some shine with gold, but offer little meaning once you sit down. The Chair at the Table isn’t about who you sit with, it’s about what you bring when you sit down. Too many chase tables for status, hungry for a seat that looks important. But a table is only as valuable as the character of those gathered around it. 

Sometimes the bravest move isn’t sitting in that chair, it’s walking away from one that doesn’t deserve you. When you sit among the wrong voices, you start to echo them. You trade your standards for comfort, and your purpose slowly fades into shadow. Still, remember this - not every change is corruption. A good table may shape your purpose for the better. But if the table is built only on power and status, and none of your truth finds a place upon it, then your meaning will fade, and you’ll become just another skeleton at the feast, chattering words without weight. Meat on the bones, you could say. 

A man - or a woman of true worth knows this: it’s better to stand alone in integrity than to feast among fools. Better to build your own table, even if it starts small, then to bow at one where you don’t belong. The Chair at the Table isn’t a test of position, it’s a test of meaning. Your purpose should add weight, grounding the table so it doesn’t drift into lonely obscurity. And when you finally take that seat, let the world know you earned it - not by blending in, but by standing out… and by knowing who you are. 

Written by The Boss, Founder of DapperChaz.