So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. ~The Eagles, “Already Gone”

I love this quote. It reminds me of the Devil card in the Tarot. My favorite of this image is in the Robin Wood deck, of a couple chained to a large box of treasure, trying to escape toward the freedome and beauty at the end of a cave, but unwilling to give up their perceived bounty. It always makes me stop and think - what am I tying myself to that is causing stress, making me miserable. Almost always, its a choice to continue with a certain pattern, a certain belief or attitude that feeds the stress.

How about you? Have you ever escaped a situation that you later realized you’d always had the key out of?