Rat Race

Most of us are conscripted into the Rat Race at some point in our lives to labour for a living, prostituting our mind and bodies for a salary and relinquishing the freedom of choice for money. We are just expending all our energy for survival, where habit, repetition and monotony prevent any hint of excitement and novelty and where awareness slips elusively like sand through our fingers as we return home tired from our work and grow old and die without ever having had time to truly enjoy ourselves, discover who we are, exploit our own potential or even sniff at the possibility of heaven on earth.