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An Escape

Have you ever had a problem where you just want to forget about it? What did you do to forget? Drink? Yes, most probably.

Why are we always finding ways to forget? To escape? To flush all our problems in our system for a while? Or to run away from the cruelties of life even for just a moment?

I'm not saying that this is bad, because it isn't. It's like being on vacation for a little while, right? It's like putting all your problems in the recycle bin but restore it all again after. It's like putting your headphones on, volumes up, and disappearing from the world even for just a few moments.

But escaping from these problems have limits, too.Imagine holding on to a rope that has been supporting you for too long, can it carry you forever? No. If we escape from pain, then can we call ourselves alive? If we don't have problems, are we really human? If everything goes our way, can we consider ourselves as a player from this so-called "Game of Life?"

A challenge, yes, we have been facing these challenges since the day we were born. We have those "shortcuts" but are shortcuts even unlimited? I believe not. There are loopholes, yes, but if your life has been a series of loopholes, then can you actually say that you're "living"? If you are playing a game but you use a "cheat" every time a barricade comes along, where's the thrill? Do you even call that gaming? No.

Problems and pain stress us out, I know. But where's the essence of life if everything's smooth? Where's the thrill? If everything that you've ever wanted is there with you right now, won't you feel bored? I know you'll say that you'll be the happiest person on Earth if you have everything you need and want, but... do you think its worth it? You got all of them with just a snap of a fingers and there wouldn't be a feeling of an accomplishment because honestly, if you have thrived for something that you really want and you have given all your effort just to have it, then you'll feel that "light" because you know that you deserve it. You have worked for that for a long time and it was all worth it in the end.

Now tell me, which one is more exciting?

This

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or

This?

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Which one do you think has more life to it?

I hope you picked the second one.

You can't live your life if you are always finding for an escape. Sometimes, you don't have to play it safe. Face those challenges with all your might because those challenges are the proof that you are living. You're a human. You open the door to a next challenge and it doesn't have that "Fire Exit". You can't stare at the door and not open it forever right?


Now stop holding on to that rope that you've been clinging on. Don't aim for the "safe mode"just yet. Turn around and face those problems.

Want to escape?

Fine.

Escape from the negatives and focus on the positives.

You just haven't realized that you're focusing on the negatives for too long that you have been forgetting that there are also positive sides to everything.

A little escape isn't bad. But finding loopholes in every problem is just too much.

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