Break out of prison!!!!

Are you sick and tired of the same four walls? Sick and tired of the arguments and struggles with your family members? Sick and tired of others telling us what to do? Sick and tired of not being able to eat what we want? Sick and tired of not being able to go outside?

You know who understands this well? Prison residents!! And you know what they do? They break out of prison!!!

Now, let’s be clear. I am NOT speaking about breaking out of physical prison, of being defiant of laws and constraints imposed on us. Prison residents teach us that doing so has severe consequences. So, take action in this direction only when you are fully ready to accept responsibility for those consequences.

But this is not what I’m talking about.

I’m not talking about breaking free from the constraints imposed on us.

I’m talking about breaking free from the constraints we’ve imposed on ourselves!

Many prison residents have told me, in exact words: “Mariette, don’t worry about me. I’m a free man.” And yet they have life-long sentences of staying confined behind those prison walls…

A magical moment I adore is when prison residents - or any of us on the outside - uncover their brilliance, meaning their essence, their spirit, their God-given gifts. It liberates their spirit! Something in them breaks open, finally allowed to express itself and show up.

Why does this show up? Because they finally made the choice to live a different, more wholesome lifestyle.

Why this different lifestyle? Because they finally realize that they indeed have a choice. They have the choice between living confined or living free. This is a choice we all have, regardless of our circumstances.

Why are they able to make this choice? Because they finally recognize that they deserve to be free.

Each and every single one of us deserves to be free. It’s time we realize this!

When you give yourself permission to deserve, you are more joyous, generous, loving, collaborative, easeful, peaceful and other qualities I’ve wished for. On top of this, your kids finally get the parent that is more whole, more present, more capable of providing what they most need. Your relationship with your spouse becomes more peaceful and balanced. At work, your colleagues finally see your brighter work outputs.

This is why you deserve to be free!

Invitation: You deserve to be free. So take the time to claim this for yourself. You deserve it. And allow this to motivate you to break free from the prison of your own making.

This is part of a series. You see, on April 1st, I realized that I have a unique perspective into confinement thanks to my past 4.5 years engaging several times a week with the world's leading experts on confinement: prison residents. For the month of April, I will provide a daily lesson learned in prison that will hopefully help us to survive and even thrive while confined to our homes. Go forward and back to enjoy each daily lesson.