Running away...An action we probably most associate with a child packing up his or her bags and hiding out at a friend's house because life is "unfair" or "Mom made me do my chores again." Running away means leaving everything behind...or at least trying to...looking for a new place to restart or erase your previous actions and start anew. Running away may make one feel free, invincible, as if the world is just within reach. Running away may be temporary, for a few months, or for years. But it has occurred to me that no matter how far we try to run away from something, it will always come back.
I know this because I have experienced it first hand, in fact, too many times to even count. No I didn't literally run away, but I tried to in my mind. I tried to put behind me old friends, past actions, and lost love. But even now, those people, places, and things still come back to me. Things I thought I had let go. I guess I really hadn't all along...
Friends and family of mine have moved to different states, even across the US, but still their souls are unsettled because their problems follow them wherever they go. Some of my friends even came home this semester from college because things did not get better by leaving. In fact, they sometimes even got worse. I guess sometimes the answers we are looking for are right in front of us all along.
It is not bad to travel or to retreat to a new place, but just remember that no one's life is perfect and you would not be who you are today, whether for the good or bad, if you were not where you are right now. Although it may not seem like it, you are needed and loved by someone. You can't just run away from them or from your real self. Running away from life's every day "dramas" will not change when you alter your location. Mom will not suddenly get better...those debts will not just be paid off...and your job will always be stressful unless YOU decide to make it enjoyable.
Try to face your problems instead of waiting too long. Pay those bills, visit your grandma in the hospital no matter how much you want to cry, call your dad even if you haven't talked for years...and remember to always tell someone you love them. Do not just run away. So unpack%2
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I remember Andrew Matthews' most memorable advice in one of his books: "If you can't change a bad situation, change yourself (and/or your thinking)." I've tried that in a few situations and they worked! Am more positive than before. :)
Hey, thanks for the kind comment =D
I sang a cappella in college big time... so when I graduated, I found a new group in the city and started up with them.
Kind of like what you were saying here, I starded out avoiding the problem for a couple months... eventually, I got off my butt and pursued my passion, and I'm 100x better off for it.
Keep posting! The emotional catharsis is great... not to mention its handy for a no-memory-person like myself.
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