Escape?

Is it possible to use good-for-you things as an escape from the daily grind?


I think it is, believe it or not. I think it is possible to spend too much time meditating, too much time exercising, too much energy doing whatever it is that looks like something you ought to be doing to make your life work.

Note: it is not possible to spend too much time doing whatever it is that DOES make your life work, only those things that LOOK like something you ought to be doing.

In other words, if you need to train five hours a day for that marathon that will fulfill you, that’s good. Do it. Enjoy.

But if you’re training five hours a day when one is sufficient, and you’re using the other hours to avoid something (anything) else, like the fact that if you were truly yourself, you'd be off on a meditation retreat getting in touch with your childhood trauma and inviting it home for tea, that might be a problem.

If the good you are doing is moving you closer to your truest self, to living your life feeling loved, connected, and joyous, it’s good. If it’s helping you avoid the part(s) of your life where you feel unconnected, unloved, or in pain…maybe not.