I’m Doing This For Me

They call him the world’s most flexible man. Yogi Daniel is a yoga master and black belt artist who has spent his life perfecting the art of contortion. He can bend and twist his body into seemingly impossible positions, even fitting into a 14x18x18 inch glass box. It's incredible to watch, but it made me realize something. There are contortionists all around us. No, not physical contortionists, but people trying to twist and fold their lives into boxes not designed for them. Some live in career boxes chosen by their parents, others in social boxes designed by culture, political boxes inherited from their communities, or religious boxes forced by their church. All around us, people are trying to live in boxes of unrealistic expectations and predetermined molds for life that don’t fit them. And maybe that’s you. You’re frustrated because you’ve spent so much time doing what others wanted you to do, and now you’re stuck in a box you don’t even like. But here’s the word today: “I’m doing this for me.”