“We all crave latitude in life, yet simultaneously dig ourselves deeper
into domestic entrapment. We may dream of traveling light but
accumulate as much as we can to keep us burdened and rooted to one spot.
And we have no one to blame but ourselves. Because-though we all muse
on the theme of escape-we stil find the notion of responsibility
irresistible. The career, the house, the dependents, the debt-it
grounds us. Provides us with a necessary security, a reason to get upin
the morning. It narrows choice and ergo, gives us certainty. And
though just about every man I know rails against being so cul-de-saced
by domesic burden, we all embrace it. Embrace it with a vengeance.”
―
Douglas Kennedy,
The Big Picture
