A Change of Scenery

Wow. It's been a really long time since I actually wrote anything here. A lot has happened since I last posted regularly. I won't chronicle it all here. I'm not even sure what that would look like. I figured I would, though, let you know some of the stuff I've been thinking about, besides some of the rockin' music I've been listening to.

It occurs to me quite often that it is possible to feel as if you are in chains in any situation. Like, it doesn't really depend on your circumstances. You can feel super-anxious and guilty even though you've never wanted for anything and even though you haven't even done anything really bad. I believe that the implication here is that you can also feel free in some very dire circumstances. That is the reason The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time - because Andy (the main character) was all about being free even though he was in prison. I also heard that Nelson Mandela, when he was in prison for fighting Apartheid in South Africa, said the most free he felt was when he was incarcerated.

I guess that means our job is not to try to change the scenery around us, but rather to change our hearts, the way we look at things, what is going on inside of us instead of outside.