Please read this if you go on Holidays to escape your daily Life

Yesterday I told you a little bit about my feelings when I go on holidays. I know I have a different attitude towards holidays than many people. And I tell you one thing: a lot of people’s way of talking about their holidays tells you that they are doing something wrong. Not on their holidays – in their daily life!

I can tell you, I love my holidays. I love being out in another city with my wife, love doing whatever I like without a bigger plan before, love the fact that we can simply stay in the hotel the whole day if we feel like it and love that we can choose a restaurant for dinner every day. I love all this – but it is not important for my life. I don’t depend on my holidays. My whole year is not centered on my holidays. When we come back, we talk about how nice it was – and look forward to getting back to our daily life as well.

I love my work, I told you that just recently. Not only my work, I love my life, the Ashram, the school, our charity work and our business, my family, friends, visitors, children and guests. And I know too many people who don’t. Who are not happy with their normal life.

When people leave the Ashram, we often see tears. Of course, we are happy when the reason is the great time they have spent here and the regret of having to leave friends on the other side of the planet! Sometimes however, the tears don’t show that the past weeks were so nice. Sometimes they show that the future weeks won’t be nice! They regret that they have to go home to a life they don’t like.

Whether it is their work, their family situation or general loneliness and dissatisfaction – their holiday for them was a time when they could be happy while they are usually not. A holiday should not be a ‘getaway’ which is these days so much advertised! Yes, on a holiday you get time to recharge and see something else, do something different and meet new people. But you shouldn’t book your holiday to escape your normal life!

Don’t let your regular life drain your battery like this! If you feel that you are only living for your holidays, waiting for them and dreaming of getting away, you are not living your life. You are only alive for maybe four weeks a year.

Don’t waste your life. Make a change and do it now!