Why the escape we seek is just another form of the cage
Good morning!
Another day is ahead of you. Your alarm clock rings, pulling you out of sleep. You get up, even though you would gladly sleep for another two or three hours. You drag yourself out of bed, go through the morning rituals of hygiene and breakfast, and then leave for work. And already you can’t wait for the weekend, to dedicate some time to yourself, to return to a semblance of normal reality.
But isn’t this rhythm exactly what you once wished for? Because career is the most important thing, isn’t it? Yes — until illness comes! Then health becomes the only desire.
The root of stress
And every illness is preceded by stress. Stress is the consequence of the so-called modern way of life. I’m not even sure at what age a person begins to experience stress for the first time. Perhaps even children in the lower grades of primary school feel it, as a result of both their parents’ lives and their own school obligations.
We say that society imposes obligations and a rhythm of life that is increasingly difficult to follow. There is less and less time. The old idyllic world of our grandparents, or even great-grandparents, has disappeared. There is no longer tranquility, nor the…