Breaking the Cages We Build

 Affirmation: I release the cages I have built around myself. I welcome support, connection, and abundance into my life. I choose freedom over fear, expansion over limitation, and love over self-abandonment. Each day, I open the gates wider and step into the fullness of who I am

I was reading Briana Wiest, one of my favorite truth tellers, I had to pause after reading this “Some of us build our own cages and live within them because we think it keeps us safe.”

Safe. That word echoed. And I immediately asked myself: what cages have I built? What stories do I keep telling myself — and others — that convince me it’s safer to stay locked inside than to step out into freedom? Fear, uncertainty, ignorance, inherited beliefs… they all become bricks in the walls of our self-made prisons.

It was humbling, almost jarring, to look into the mirror of Self and realize: the prisons we build are often harder to leave than the ones imposed on us. Bob Marley said it best: “None but ourselves can free our mind.”

My Aha Moments

Two cages revealed themselves to me:

“People abandon and leave, so I must depend only on myself.” This belief has led me into hyper-independence — a fortress of isolation, resentment, and ultimately, self-abandonment.

Money corrupts.” This story has kept me from embracing abundance, as though wealth itself were tainted, rather than a tool for growth, generosity, and freedom.

Opening the Gates

These realizations shook me awake. And now, I am choosing to be intentional about opening these prison gates. To allow others to support me. To end the cycle of self-abandonment. To welcome abundance in all its forms.

Because the truth is: cages may feel safe, but freedom is where life expands. And I am ready to step into that expansion.

Peace and Blessings