The Necessary Escape

Why do we look for escape? Even when we try to run away, we should try to look into ourselves through those very escapes.

Some of our faults, when pointed out directly and harshly, can break us. But when the same faults are presented with delicacy, they come to us the way praise does — soft, bearable, and transformative. It truly changes a lot.

The point is, escape isn’t bad.

But escaping in a way that denies the existence of discomfort can be wrong somewhere. Because if we cannot diagnose the disorder, how will we ever bring it into order?

Escape works too.

Escape acts like a defence, a soft support. Through this support, we gradually climb the ladder of discomfort until we reach the terrace of comfort, where the relieving breeze sings with us and laughs with us.

We cannot always look directly into ourselves, so we find escapes. We find them in poetry, in stories. (Here escape means a way to process the unprocessed.)

Through these escapes we process pending thoughts — in the form of triggers, memories, fears, concerns. It becomes an indirect expression of what was left unprocessed, and it comes out through writing, reading, relating to things, in our strange patterns, odd choices, and avoidances.

But when does escape end? And how does it feel?

I think it is not without escape, but with escape.

I think we cannot escape from escapism, but we can process the unexpressed, the unknown, the complex — through escape.

With the support of escape, going through discomfort becomes less hurtful. But this observation and understanding of oneself is needed. It is a must to de-stress. It is a must to gain clarity. It is a must to know yourself.

We can escape from anything, but not from ourselves. So give yourself escape, but do not escape from yourself. You should never be unaware of yourself. You should be positively informed about who you are — what value you hold, what circumstances shaped you, how you reacted, how you can become better, and how you can move closer to your peace.

Let escape hold you, but let understanding guide you. Look within with kindness, not fear. Even your hardest moments are invitations to grow.

And every step inward brings you closer to peace.