Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

*Do you sit down and rest when you are not really tired?
*Do you prefer video games to outdoor games?
*Do you prefer Internet chats or phone calls to going for a walk with your friends?
*When you are faced with a difficult task, do you procrastinate getting started on it?
*Do you ask others to help you complete a task (or even do it for you) when you could
have done it yourself?
*Do you take a seat while waiting for your table at a full restaurant?
*When you go to visit your friends, do you immediately target a sofa or a chair when you
arrive?
If you answered “yes” to more than two of these questions, then you are at least mildly
addicted to relaxation – then you too are suffering from an addiction that is weakening
your relationships, numbing your mind, and damaging your health.
Your ego will tell you that you need to have “balance” between work and play, and yet a
truly healthy Balance is only found where “play” is synonymous with moving your body
&/or helping others.
Your ego will tell you that it is good to be good to yourself by regularly “taking it easy”,
and yet the only way to truly be GOOD to your True Self is to actively Care for others in
your community, as opposed to sitting back and waiting for someone else to do the same.
Your ego will tell you that you deserve “the good life” of lazy sloth and silly fun, and yet
this type of “vacation” is actually best way to waste the few precious moments of life you
have been given – moments that could be spent reveling in truly Living, as opposed to
watching others do the same.
“Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth is what creates them … A life of leisure and a life
of laziness are two things to avoid. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.”
~ inspired by Benjamin Franklin
Relaxation -- A Way OUT
“Laziness may appear to be attractive,
and yet it is work that gives true satisfaction.” ~ Anne Frank
While you could try more traditional (and ultimately ineffective) approaches to dealing
with your addiction to relaxation (e.g. changing careers, exercising, medications, altering
your daily routine, or surrounding yourself with “peppy” people), there is one method to
doing so that is guaranteed to Work … literally.
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