This sounds like a crazy thing to say...ofcourse I want to be well...don't I? Not as crazy as you might think - illness gives us a way out. Illness allows us to create the changes in our life we are too afraid to make on our own. People drive themselves on, because they don't know how to get off...off the treadmill, out of the rat-race - whatever you want to call it - the conditioning we receive around work runs so deep, it is impossible to separate what we do from what is rational, but we are running on conditioned ideas - ways to run our lives put there by people we love & society. Messages we see & hear constantly support our feelings of worthiness, self-esteem, & a sense of belonging to society - we have a place, we know our purpose, or at least we think we do. But sometimes, when your inner voice calls you, you've just got to jump...yes, it's scary going against all the safety, the judgement, the feeling of panic, insecurity, failure, inadequacy...but would I rather be unwell so that I can say...."I had to give up my job - I had no choice"?
Sometimes you've just got to jump
Sometimes you've just got to jump