Escape, I tell my friends.

Escape the noise and turmoil. That's what I tell some of my friends. Settle for a relatively cheap vacation. A few days away. In a remote corner. Yes, indulge yourself. Save your sanity. Trust that everything will work out. Don't allow yourself to be inconvenienced by the negatives in your life. Your money/resources are better spent on a vacation than on other material things. Tell people that you have to get away. That you are dying -- dying to get away. And that you are leaving civilization for a month. And that you cannot be reached. And that you are in no hurry to return. That you have other commitments. Higher priorities. That you come first. And that others in your life come second. That you have to take care of yourself. That you have to learn to live. The right way. Life is too short to do it any other way. --Jim Broede