Clarity On Fire

I once knew somebody who was excellent at deluding herself. Her M.O. was to spend many thousands of dollars every year (money she certainly didn’t have) on courses and personal development programs and fancy wellness retreats in Europe. What was pretty genius was that it was easy to justify pulling out the credit card for these things because, on the surface, they all looked like really positive, empowering, self-loving investments. But she often came back without much to show for her investment, and would quickly jump into the next pricey course or event. So … is that the most loving thing she could have done for herself? I’m obviously skeptical. I could make the case that a better route would have been not to dig herself deeper into debt year by year in an attempt to find self-love and self-acceptance. Maybe the tougher, but more compassionate, approach would have been to take a good hard look at how she was spending her money, and find a more cost-effective and less glamorous way of caring for herself. (A