Yet I am FREE!

In the open field, just beyond the pavilion, a group of birds put on a show. With the sunset as the backdrop, hundreds of blackbirds began preparing for the cool days ahead. The spectacle was brilliant and exhilarating. We sat in awe and partook in the beauty and wonder of God's magnificent creation dancing to the rhythm of fall's approaching days. Oh to be FREE! To wonder aimlessly about and prepare of the next season ahead.

I am the bird, FREE! Free to truly explore the depth of me. My every thought observed. Moments of introspection and contemplation grow deeper each day as new experiences arise. Questions, answers, explanations, and wonder toll my mind in the wee hours of the morning and dark nights. In the chapel, my songs of surrender fill the concrete walls which house the memories of the many visitors whose tears stream down their cheeks as they cry out for mercy and salvation. And yet I am FREE!

The irony and polarity of my current habitat would make one question why my spirit is at peace. This inquiry is no stranger, even to myself, as I too wonder the same. I have no explanation, only deep internal and everlasting knowing that my soul has journeyed to this place to uncover the hidden secret that beholds and the key to the mystery of my life. A novel that I have longed to turn the page and read the next chapter of. A movie with many sequels that never ends and only begins over and over again on my soul's journey to be FREE!