Blog: Saturday, Jun 21

part of an article selected from the linkhttp://www.aish.com/spirituality/foundations/FreeWill-OurGreatest_Power.asp written by Rabbi Noah Weinberg

THE ESCAPE ROUTE

Does anyone really choose death over life?!  We all want to be great. But achieving our goals takes a lot of effort. So we get distracted and take the easy route instead. The escape route.

Each day we are confronted with many escape routes. Daydreaming, drugs, checking our email for the seventh time this hour...

Killing time is suicide on the installment plan. And suicide is the most drastic and final form of escape. Consider:

Why did he jump? He was relatively wealthy, and by his own admission he could have made more money. But he only focused on the overwhelming pain of his loss. So for this man, it was even more painful to face his problems and challenges.