By: Dr James Dobson
Have you ever fantasised about running away from all the pressure and stress of today's high-tech world? Surely there's a place somewhere on the globe where the pace is slower and the living is easy.Why don't we just pack up and transplant ourselves there - lock, stock, and family dog? That was precisely the dream that motivated a man and woman back in 1940 to move to an island in the Coral Sea called Guadalcanal. But two years later, they had World War II in their front yard, and that wasn't exactly what they had in mind. Well, they just chose the wrong place. How about moving to a small island in the Caribbean, south of Cuba, called Grand Cayman? Vacationers to this resort say that it's the closest thing to paradise on earth. The 6,000 residents pay no taxes. The water around them is calm and warm, and there are orchids growing everywhere.Sounds good, doesn't it? But hand on for a minute. Recent medical studies revealed that the two major ailments suffered by the citizens of Grand Cayman are hypertension and anxiety neuroses. Life on a tropical beach can be tough, it appears.Could it be that the stresses and pressures with which we struggle actually come from within, and that they will plague us no matter where we live until we learn to deal with circumstances as they are? We might as well stay and bloom where we're planted, because there's simply no place to hide.
Have you ever fantasised about running away from all the pressure and stress of today's high-tech world? Surely there's a place somewhere on the globe where the pace is slower and the living is easy.Why don't we just pack up and transplant ourselves there - lock, stock, and family dog? That was precisely the dream that motivated a man and woman back in 1940 to move to an island in the Coral Sea called Guadalcanal. But two years later, they had World War II in their front yard, and that wasn't exactly what they had in mind. Well, they just chose the wrong place. How about moving to a small island in the Caribbean, south of Cuba, called Grand Cayman? Vacationers to this resort say that it's the closest thing to paradise on earth. The 6,000 residents pay no taxes. The water around them is calm and warm, and there are orchids growing everywhere.Sounds good, doesn't it? But hand on for a minute. Recent medical studies revealed that the two major ailments suffered by the citizens of Grand Cayman are hypertension and anxiety neuroses. Life on a tropical beach can be tough, it appears.Could it be that the stresses and pressures with which we struggle actually come from within, and that they will plague us no matter where we live until we learn to deal with circumstances as they are? We might as well stay and bloom where we're planted, because there's simply no place to hide.
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