Recharge your batteries

Occasionally we all need to take a break to recuperate and regain the energy needed to move forward. In times like these we are experiencing, where the tension is often high, as soon as possible it is good to switch off and retreat to a place that is even a small shelter, away from everyday worries. Not always do we have the time to do this but sometimes it does not take much: just change the pace and habits that mark our days, leave behind the thoughts that accompany and transfer our attention to something completely different and not conventional. Dress more freely, wear a comfortable pair of shoes and get going, in search of sensations often forgotten. Obligations influence our behavior, and therefore we must learn not to give importance to the judgment of others, to leave aside the anxiety of appearance and look around with new eyes. The ideal is to decide to leave for a period to go to a different place, to do what we are not allowed in the newspaper but often this is not within our reach. And then we learn to find that special retreat close to us that allows us to dream and to shake off the burden of negative interactions. We release our dreams, whatever they are. We can not change the rules imposed by life but to stay healthy and live in harmony we must learn to adapt and find the bright side even in difficult situations that fate holds for us. This is one of the lessons that I learned of the Desert: accept the rules, recognize this, and move accordingly, to go on without pain. Even at the end of life, it is nothing but a big, endless desert.