Break Free

It's just too damn easy to get locked into old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Wouldn't it be a relief if we could get a "get out of jail free" card whenever we need it? 

What existing habits or patterns in your life would you love to break free of? 

 

Jailbreak

 

It’s time to break out –

Jailbreak time.

Time to punch our way out of

the dark winter prison.

Lilacs are doing it

in sudden explosions of soft purple,

And the jasmine vines, and ranunculus, too.

There is no jailer powerful enough

to hold Spring contained.

Let that be a lesson.

Stop holding back the blossoming!

Quit shutting eyes and gritting teeth,

curling fingers into fists, hunching shoulders.

Lose your determination to remain unchanged.

All the forces of nature

want you to open,

Their gentle nudge carries behind it

the force of a flash flood.

Why make a cell your home

when the door is unlocked

and the garden is waiting for you?

 

Maya Spector

 

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