Dear Sons

We live in a constantly moving circle while assuming that we are experiencing new chapters in our life.
We believe that with each new scene, we are getting somewhere different. We stare at one spot while
deceived by the circular motion of our mental prison.

Why do we get excited for the big deception in our lifetime? Why do we define our illusions as
achievements?

We are in the same circle, fascinated by our discoveries that have been worn out by time, claiming that
we are the first who found them!

We are shackled by aging traditions, dated faiths, dramatic emotions, adverse memories, toxic relationships, and misleading beliefs.

Many have left the circle but kept attached from the other side by a firm hand while considering what is
next and why, while few brave ones have moved away into an opposite direction exploring the unknown.

The unknown is not a place to go, but it is the limitation of our understanding and boundaries set by fear
and false assumptions. We fear to know because we perceive knowledge as a threat to all we have
believed in since childhood. We are scared to disconnect from our parents, friends, and all those with us
in the same circle if we let go.

But why do we go?

We leave because we do not accept being controlled by fear anymore; we are tired of the masks that we
use all our lives to please others and meet their expectations; we are fed up to pretend happiness while
the hole inside our spirit is getting deeper and darker. We are done with being manipulated.

We are free to choose, to live, and to love. We choose to live the present and love who we are. We have
no boundaries to learn and live through all that life can offer us by our will and values.
Above all, we are precious and authentic.

Dear sons, I would like you to liberate yourselves from the circle, and explore your inner self, with a free spirit, free of fear.

Dana Obeid