Sunday, November 15, 2009

The struggle in difficult times

The struggle in difficult times

Cycle "difficult time" recalls life on another planet. This is a world where there is a struggle for survival. There was never enough time to carry out their affairs, and only a spate of them. But despite all efforts, such a life seems empty and meaningless. There is no need to think about how to carve out some time for singing, dancing and just a joyful evening. And even if you are able and afford it, then to such "entertainment" you have left whatever mood or desire.

The difficult time is the antithesis of carefree Time. When you fell on hard times, you are always somewhere in a hurry and feel the pressure from the surrounding people and environment. You now and then glancing at the clock, running at the limit and up to the very last moment, when the deadline for the tasks before you. Your days filled with meetings, and you do not know how to cope with things. You are in constant tension, and can not relax. You think it impossible to concentrate and gather your thoughts. You are literally overwhelmed by commitments and requirements.

In short, the whole world fell on the shoulders of you and crushes its weight. In the house, as in the head and throughout life - a complete mess, and some commotion. Your watch is filled with confusing and unnecessary deeds - meaningless and petty. You do not get satisfaction, and do you run the job seem worthless. This is due to the fact that you lost sight of what really matters to you the utmost importance. (Or maybe you've never asked this question: what is most important to you?) And now, despite all of your daily efforts in the end it turns out that you are so no good today and did not.

During the difficult time you focus on the past or the future. For example, you can mentally scroll through yesterday's conversation, or to regret some its long-standing act. In addition, you can overcome concern about the fact that you will be in the near future, what you did not have time to make deadlines. Or, worse yet, your thoughts are hard to stop those events that could occur. So, it turns out that you are not completely in the present.

Life for you is the fact, what event will happen in the future. For example, important developments are: the time when children go to school, when you yourself have finished school or university, when complete, a project will end when the construction or repair of the house. You expect when you (finally!) A rest when the light upon a worthy partner when you go to a new job, when they grow up children, when will the same mythical day, and you will have "plenty of time." Living in hard times is survival. You are trying to quickly go through every single day and expect the best period of your life, when will any of these events.

Despite all this, the difficult times fraught with the risk of dependence. You start to get used to them. You think you feel better from the influx of adrenaline in the blood, when are flying with their endless troubles, or when you know that the approach of the last date of your project. You can entertain illusions about their "values" and "significance". Are you afraid to stay. And what will happen then something terrible? You are constantly busy - but perhaps this is not the best way to escape, escape from their own emotions? Thus, you choke the voice of her own inner self, you do not live a full life.

People are constantly having a hard time, very rarely allow themselves to go somewhere on vacation. Even if this does happen, the rest they become incredibly boring. This "news" can be very difficult to really relax. They look exhausted, always somewhere in a hurry and looking at his watch. (Is already Tuesday? What a nightmare!)

Some of them support the usual percentage of adrenaline in the blood, while on vacation, that are engaged in extreme sports. Others, lounging in a lawn chair, do not forget to put a number and a mobile phone and laptop. From the side it may seem that they fear at the thought of rest, and they want all this "nightmare" is over quickly, and could begin normal work weekdays.

Our culture and modern life, however, contribute to the fact that we get used to the constant rush and employment. We strive to do more and have more, which means that we live in difficult times. However, this does not make sense. We just have to, for example, buy more and more things, naively thinking that the more we have, the happier will find ourselves. Or are we frantically fill their diaries, lists of endless meetings and urgent cases, in the expectation that if the day is busy until the last second, only then you can feel truly fulfilled their duty, but because and satisfaction.

But it is not. We never seem that "this is quite enough." And we are working more, we continue to run off somewhere, again to buy something, and happiness is all there is, for the same turn invisible! When we experience difficult times, the word "sufficient" meaningless. We have a sense of balance is lost. We begin to think too straight. And we always want more and more.