Life is really full of stress for most of us right now. Financial worries and uncertainties fill our daily lifes. The media makes it worse with continuously depressing reporting.
It is normal for people to avoid pain and stress is painful. If something hurts or scares us, we immediately try to get away from it. We usually look for the quick fix; a pill or a cocktail. Sometimes we try to escape by taking a vacation.
Vacations have long been a solution for stress. There is this misconception that a vacation will help us deal with the problems at home. While it's true that while on vacation we relax a little more, does a typical gay vacation really make a difference?
The first couple days of the vacation we spend just arriving and settling into vacation mode. Then we get to spend a few days doing whatever we do on our vacations. Even during these days, our thoughts frequently return to the worries from which we are trying to escape. Then a couple days before we are to return home, we begin to move back into stressed out mode. We start thinking of all things waiting to be done when we get back home; we wonder if we will still have our job when we return; we wonder if these times of stress will ever get better.
When the vacation is over, we have to go back to all the stresses we left at home. We likely did not learn anything while on vacation to help us deal with the stresses of daily life. A typical gay vacation is only a quick and very temporary fix, like a drug. This is why Spirit Journeys is more important now in these stressful times.
Spirit Journeys' events have the power to change people's lifes. Learning tools and practices to handle stress and being exposed to ways of thinking are just a few of the things that during a Spirit Journeys gay weekend adventure. These things are tools that can be used to help make everyday a little easier.
Also, at a Spirit Journeys event we get to meet and connect with people at a level simply not possible on an ordinary gay vacation. We are given the chance to learn new things and hear new ideas from the others in the group. The connections made on a Spirit Journey add immensely to the enjoyment of our time away. To be able to sit and have a real conversation with someone; for us to be listened to with genuine interest; for us to listen to others with our heart; the importance of these things cannot be measured and bring a deep sense of fulfillment. Yes, there is effort involved. We can't just hide in our rooms. We will want to be "present"; we will want to be willing; we will want to be as open and honest as we can be.
However, this effort is highly rewarding. People know in their hearts that this kind of effort can change their very being; they know that this effort can change their overall way of viewing life and that this can help make everyday a vacation.
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