Time-out

Pursue your passions, run after life's spices and you give your Self a time-out. When the blood is running through your veins in over-drive, the Self can't be heard. But alas, misery will follow your passion with certainty. Succeed with your project and boredom will hit you after a temporary high. Fail and depression hits. The Self will pierce through in these moments of misery. The Self will lift you up, ever-forgiving, but soon enough you will be running after a new craving.

After tasting a few bitter fruits like that, you can turn the table and give the ego a time-out. Become an artist in whatever you do, get lost in the the beauty of your creation, work and serve without expecting anything. Don't worry, you will not miss anything and enjoy serenity and peace wherever you are and whatever you do.