Escape

The other day I went to work in the morning and was a few minutes early so I just sat outside on a bench and thought about my life, as one does when you have five minutes of nothings inbetween everythings. One of my good friends recently went to Nepal and Tibet to travel of course, but also to escape the socially engineered machine of post-modern life, and her trip prompted me in those five minutes to think about what I would rather be doing, or where I’d rather be.

THe vision that came to my mind was some sort of old chateau in luscious English countryside, all alone, just me and my piano. To just escape from how society decides we should live, and to experience freedom like that… yep, I guess people have dreamed of such an escape for many moons, so much so that society had to conjure up the concept of retirement to stop the corporate masses from heading for the hills. Guess the hippies got through their fingers.

On the other hand, I can’t deny that I feel accomplishment and self-worth in my work, expressing my talents and creativity, and working hard at what I do best. I think we all need to escape some time in our lives, but at the end of the day we all want the same thing; happiness as a person, happy and fulfilling relationships (hmm guess that crosses out being alone in an English castle) and being a valuable contribution to society. Well, it was a fulfilling five minutes of daydreaming.