I have often felt trapped, and imprisoned by my mind, entrenched and swallowed up by the ever present need to isolate the mind from the threat of an uncontrollable future. I am in constant conversation with my own self-protecting thoughts. Once I rid my mind of my own toxic attachments, the muck is cleared and I am no longer entrenched and the awakening can begin. The process of accepting what was and what is commences. I grant myself the liberty to exist without fear of what might come.  In the end, I must accept that I can only control myself and the idea of controlling what others might do is an impossible task.