You know how when you look off into the distance, sometimes all you can see coming for you are the bad, the horrible and the worse? It's like going down this conveyor belt or down a slide, and at the end finding the jaws of some creature open and waiting to great you.
You could panic and scramble backwards, or you could hasten the event by rushing forward so that you wouldn't have to wait for the unanticipated moment. Or better yet, simply jump off the slide, off the conveyor.
When we speak of individuals who "run away" from their problems, it is only because it is a temporary thing. They physically move themselves from the problem... only having to deal with it again later, in which case the individual can choose to "run away" again. Eventually though, he won't have the strength to do so.
So what happens if you can't run away from your problems, and can't jump off the slide? The boat is sinking, you could jump off it, but the water is filled with hungry sharks. This is a dilemma.
We have to make a choice to do something. We could stay on the boat, or jump. But how about a third option? We could attempt to fix the problem. Perhaps we could fix the leak?
And I guess that's what I've noticed in those individuals who are successful and seem to have some control of their lives. In trying times, they don't freeze up, they make a choice. Where the choices aren't good and all end up badly, they find an alternative and solve the root of the problem. Kind of like pulling out a rocket launcher and blowing the bejeebers out of that creature at the end of the slide. You sold the problem for yourself, and for others.
The moral of today's story? Always have a rocket launcher handy.
