Escapees March-April 2024

thoughts for the road

It is sad when a life is spent living with regret for what might have been. It is tragic when we allow the past to rob us of enjoyment for the life we have. Some things never change. Young boys will always dream of slaying the dragon and winning the princess. Young girls will dream of being that princess. Life without problems exists only in childhood dreams. In the real world, we have to face our own private dragon that sometimes seems so huge that we want to run away and hide. I suppose that all of us, at some time or another, have dreamed of what it would be like to snatch the treasure—grab the diamond—win the lottery. Yet money itself does not bring happiness. If it did, why do so many millionaires and Hollywood stars have to take drugs to enable them to cope with day-to-day life? Happy, successful lives are the reward for confronting and conquering those dragons called “Fear.” There are so many bearing that name!

An excerpt from Escapees magazine March/April 2004

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March/April 2024 ESCAPEES Magazine