The Great Escape

We do it in our dreams while we’re fast asleep. We do it during a vacation in a foreign country. We do it during those two hours at the movie theater. We try to escape from reality at every chance we get – sometimes without really knowing what it is that we’re running from, and what it is that we’re running towards. It’s as if we’re allergic to life and are constantly looking to prescribe ourselves with something to cure us of our mundane activities.

I’m guilty as charged myself. I love to get away from it all – though I’m not quite sure what “it all” encompasses. Responsibilities perhaps. Applying to B-schools. The quest for finding Mr. Right. My crazy ex and his even more insane antics. A break from my phone and email. But like an alarm clock, something always brings us back – whether it’s school, work, or family – reality usually comes knocking just as you’re about to close the doors on it.

Magicians seem to have mastered the art of escaping from some of life’s greatest tricks. And if there’s anything to be learned by them, it’s that escaping is merely an illusion – a blanket of denial we use to cover up reality. No matter how many escapades you venture out on, the fact of the matter is…you can run, you can hide, but you can never truly escape…