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How Big is Your Jail Cell?

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I think many of us have been feeling it lately. They are the itch to move or change some fundamental aspect of our environment. It may be as simple as the furniture in your bedroom because you just discovered Feng Shui. Or maybe your new physical fitness routine is making it necessary to build a new wardrobe. The promise of Spring is in the air long before we see a new green sprout; maybe it’s the birds.

As I pay attention to the call of the wild within, I can also hear the growing chorus, led by the ego, warning me to ‘slow down’, or ‘reconsider’ or maybe it’s just the usual phrase, ‘let’s just wait and see’.

But you know what I realized?

That getting a bigger cell with more luxuries is still a prison.

The questions are more useful when they start like: what new things, places, people, etc. do you desire to experience?

I recognized that fear of the future was supporting me to stay in the same basic place and space, doing the same work. I was essentially looking for and finding ways to compromise my desires and undermine my unrealized potential. I was allowing the comfort I’ve created with its current pains and dissatisfactions to overshadow the unknown and, dare I say, unknowable goodness, nay, greatness, that lies in wait for me in the final frontiers?

It appears to me, as I confront the fears within, that show up as competition, covetousness, hesitation, overthinking and even body shaming, the deepest culprit is unconditional self-loathing. Yes, I know, to use the word loathe seems harsh but look at its meaning, to feel intense dislike or disgust for’. What else can I call the emotion, the energy in motion, behind behavior that keeps me stuck, self-sabotaging and dismissing the parts of me that demonstrate the potential for good in my life?

Well, I could go on, but you get my drift. So, I again remind myself, having more luxury with real change is still prison, I just get a better view.

Peace

Addendum:

I want you to know I wrote this originally on 2/20/2026. I don’t usually take this long to share a thought. However, it occurs to me, as we prepare for a lunar eclipse and are experiencing serious military and domestic conflicts within and around us, attending to our personal fears and conflicts with compassion and grace, will allow the planetary issues space to deflate. We are truly cosmic beings and our power used for good will make a difference. And yes, I mean little ole you!

Peace ☮️