Interesting conversation with a friend today. We were talking about relationships and the fact that they do require care and attention and she said something very telling and true; ‘It is easier to walk away, than work on it, annoyingly easy’. I think that’s very sad, it’s like people break up because they can’t be bothered trying anymore, its easier to run from a problem than address it. The question is: is the easiest option the always the right option?
I’ve only run away once in my life, 14 years ago I ran away from my life in New Zealand because it seemed easier than having to make a conscious decision to grow up. In doing so I effectively delayed growing up by a further 4 years. Looking back, do I think I did the right thing? I can’t really answer that because I feel like all of the things that have happened since hang on that one decision (which wasn’t very well thought out), but if I hadn’t done it a lot of the good stuff might not have happened. Conversely the fact that I did do it may have directly contributed to some bad times – so who knows.
I was about to carry on by saying that running away from things was no longer my style, but that’s not true, I ran from my ill fated last job after just 6 weeks. Thankfully that’s worked out for the best though and to be honest I don’t think anything I could have run to could be worse than working there.
