I Knew I Was Locked Behind Bars
I needed a PRISON BREAK. For too many years of my precious life, I lived behind bars. I wasn’t in a local or federal prison; I was in a cell of my own making. My rations were meager, and opportunities seemed limited. In my mind, I dreamt of adventures and wonders, but of course, I knew – like all prisons know, my room to roam was limited to the 12×12 foot cell and the bars that kept me there.
Incarceration
My incarceration was not forced on me by the authorities.
PRISON BREAK is about the self-imposed punishments and over-reaching dictates I have excised upon myself. And fortunately for me, how I broke free to find a path to happiness no matter where I am or what is happening to me.
I thought at one time that people-pleasing or self-loathing would buy my way to a happy life. But, unfortunately, I had run up a large tab and I had a lot of making up to do. After all, I have lived a big life and made a lot of blunders.
Eventually, though, I have come to understand that all the mistakes I have made in my life are that – mistakes. They don’t determine the quality of my being nor the final outcome of my days. My choices to do that; who I choose to be, now at this moment, and every moment.
The Key to My Escape
No one could let me out. No amount of sacrifice on my part could buy my way out. There was only a narrow path for me; to become aware of myself.
My motives.
The deceptions.
And the useless stories I told myself about myself – and my life.
Each one a prison bar holding me back.
PRISON BREAK is the story of that path to freedom.