Personal Escape
Everybody wants to be a celebrity… to acquire the latest gadget, the fastest car, best looking clothes… Earn more money.. Get a better paying job.. We all want to look a certain way, dress or talk differently… so we can feel better about ourselves.
Shame, embarassment or fear prevent us from realizing our self-worth.. "Am I enough?" The pressure of keeping up with the Joneses. It prevents us from pursuing things that will make us really happy. We don’t have the courage to step up to the moment and claiming our own truth. We don’t realize that maybe the life that we are living now, the cards that we have been dealt with, may be the best one for us.
People have different ways to escape- shopping, affairs, food, compensation by any other means. Here’s a new cellphone, here’s a new pair of pointy heeled shoes.. Here’s your dream vacation..
Everything has consequences.. We’re moving through life without really thinking… Just living in the moment meanwhile accumulating credit card debts or maxing out our allowance.. Living beyond our means…
I admit my personal escape is shopping… But no matter how much you compensate, equate happiness with these material things.. It may not have the power to make you feel good.. Albeit temporarily..
They say that learning to love yourself is the first step that you take when you want to be real. And flying on planes and exotic locations won’t teach you how you really feel. Face up to the fact that you are who you are. And nothing can change that belief. "Just Be"-DJ Tiesto
