Starbucks - the Perfect Place to Meditate
By Andy Heath
I come to Starbucks nearly every day to work on my blog, write, and meditate. To be honest, it's one of the best places I've found to just get away from everything. Now they certainly have their critics, people that call them whores for making a lot of money. But the fact is that anyone that makes a lot of money is going to have someone calling him or her a whore. "They sell their souls to make money! They should be poor like us. Then they would be good people.
Nonsense. There are plenty of rich people that are also good people.
So back to Starbucks. If you've never been, it's a coffee shop with one of the most intimidating menus for a newcomer I have ever seen. Not to worry though. If you go in and tell the barista - a barista is the one making the drinks and working at the cash register - that you have never been to Starbucks before, he or she will help you make a selection. In time, you will know all the drinks that you like by heart.
Then you can find a place to sit down. If it's not too busy, it is usually easy to find a quiet place tucked in a corner somewhere to read, write, meditate, work on your computer, or people watch. I generally work on my computer here, but people watching is also a lot of fun at Starbucks. There are people from all walks of life that come here to enjoy the drinks and pastries.
Starbucks calls itself the "third place" because it's not work and it's not home. It's a place you can go for respite from both. There are no screaming kids here - not yours anyway - and there is no demanding boss wondering where your latest report is. It's just a place where you can enjoy the atmosphere and a cup of coffee - decaf if you're like me.
You don't necessarily have to go to Starbucks to get away from everything. But getting away from everything from time to time is quite important. Whether you choose to go to Starbucks or another coffee shop or the park is not my decision. It's not even my decision whether you choose to do it at all, but would highly recommend it for your own sanity's sake.
