The Houdini Can

Don’t you sometimes feel like you’re stuck in a rut? That no matter how you try or what you do, you still find yourself in the same situation you started with? I do. That’s why I’ve learned to content myself with escaping from time to time. I call it taking a retreat — I take a step back from what’s happening and just do something else. It doesn’t actually change things; just my perspective of them. And somehow, that makes a lot of difference. So when I go back, I feel refreshed and charged with a renewed verve to wiggle around in my rut can … until I find the need to escape once more.