You have allowed yourself to perceive the condition as one of being ‘imprisoned’. As if there is nothing you can do about it, ha!  What a joke. The so-called prison (inescapable) part of any good movie is the best part, right? (How about the ingenuous creative ways those prisoners invent to survive and thrive?) Remember: Shaw Shank Redemption? Who doesn’t sit glued to his/her seat watching and waiting to see how the prisoner will set himself free? No worthy or enlightened prisoner remains locked up unless it is conducive and productive for his particular plight. That’s how the story goes down. For you, the hard part will be to believe that you are only temporarily restrained for reasons beyond your control. As long as you continue to mentally ‘rip and rare’ over your situation, nothing will improve or change.

Things happen all the time that you have no way of knowing why they occurred. It is not the time or occasion for you to know. And, anyway IF you were afforded such detailed privedged information, what would that do but add to your already overtaxed mind.?  You’ve surely got enough on your plate without adding more. You have convinced yourself that you are miserable and unhappy.  Not so! But, for the time being, you don’t want to alter your set-up. That’s right.You are perfectly content with being unsettled. Now, here’s the clincher.

You are as happy as you will ever be.  Nothing on the outside of you can change that fact. Nothing will alter your state of mind.  It’s all on the inside.  Did you forget? You are simply bored, restless and plain out undecided. That’s perfectly alright, too.  Everything is all right. Stop thinking something is coming down the road that is better or more. The train’s done come, sister. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Breathe all the way through to the back of your head down to your toes where all sensations are registered. IF you inhaled strongly enough, you will be surprised with what you smell. {Surprisingly, nothing in the vicinity of your present surroundings.} You will smell the scent of the divine operating in you. You don’t have to go anywhere.  You are carrying the sacred essence. Express it. What did you smell? Be specific.  It is your clue. Listen to the very next song on the radio or commercial on the television. What is it?

A ferocious lion caught in a net cannot free himself. Neither can you, nor do you want to. Stop with your ridiculous roaring. “Ain’t nobody scared of you!” All you really are accomplishing is exhaustion, confusion and depression. Can’t you invent a more dazzling way to spend your time and entertain your people? What appeals to you? What do you consider sexy and enjoyable? What could you NEVER imagine yourself doing? Do that first. One of the viable possibilities afforded to you is to stop participating in the mind game of inwardly sulking over every issue that is brought up. You DON’T really care; why do you carry on like yu do? Go along with it. Change your present mindset.  Treat your life as an unknown spontaneous adventure. Belly up. Pierce it, if need be.