…and it was so very fitting for me right now. Maybe you, too?
My own vision for my life was intimidating. Shackles were holding me down.
My goals. They’re too big. Too lofty. Meant for somebody else. Surely not for me.
My hopes for the future and what I might achieve were bogged down in doubt, along with the idea that I was foolish for having the nerve to think so big in the first place.
“Clang-clang” went the shackles.
The self-imposed limitations housed in the dark corners of my mind ate away at my confidence; kept me in a place of mediocrity, barely chugging along towards the finish line.
Where’s the key to unlock these chains?
But then something clicked. I had a revelation of sorts. I’m not sure why or how, but my thinking has changed. And when I saw that message under the bridge: BROKE THE SHACKLES …it was confirmation of it all.
I am deserving. I am able. Whatever I don’t know, whatever knowledge I’m lacking, I’ll seek it out and learn. I’ll get the information. I’ll think things through. I’ll find out how it works and put it into action. I’ll make the effort. And I’ll be disciplined about it. I’ll put in the time and carve out my path. No longer will I practice self-thievery by robbing myself of what I want for my life. This can’t be put off any longer.
I’m nervous about it. I’ve got butterflies in my stomachs. Yet I will remain in pursuit.
Bye-bye, Shackles. You don’t live here anymore.
I urge you to identify your own shackles and take them off. You are the only one that can release yourself from the chains.