This way you get a feeling of grounding, of
having a center. You can do all your daily
duties and meet all sort of pleasant and
unpleasant circumstances on your way, but
you have something to come back to. As the
time passes, the nervous system strengthens,
your mind cools down and your inner
resistance fades away, you can always add up
some more challenging practices. Let it be
more of an inner calling rather than a forced
decision.
I was always considered a bright student. So,
taking an easy but long path couldn’t look
appealing to me. I guess it all comes from our
childhood: we see our parents praising us for
excellent grades at school, and at that moment
we feel loved. Subconsciously we start
associating love we receive from others with
our good behavior and success in social
activities. And, this makes us nerds and
workaholics.
Alternatively, we may try to do something
naughty and get the negative attention from
our parents. Negative attention is still
attention. It means that our parents care about
us.