There comes a moment,
A moment when something shifts.
At first,
It's subtle.
You notice things you never questioned before,
Patterns,
Loops,
A sense that something isn't quite right.
It's as if you've been looking at the world through a filter,
One that was placed over your eyes so long ago you forget it was there.
But once you see the filter,
You can't unsee it.
And that's when everything changes.
You wake up in the morning,
You check your phone,
Scroll,
A flood of images,
Notifications,
Information.
You go about your day,
Moving from one task to the next.
Emails,
Deadlines,
Responsibilities.
You know the routine.
You've been doing it for years.
But have you ever stopped to ask?
Who designed this routine?
Not just yours,
But everyone's.
The way we work,
The way we live,
The way we measure success.
It all follows a pattern.
A pattern so ingrained,
So universal,
That no one questions it.
Why?
Because the best way to keep people inside a system is to make them believe there is no system at all.
Imagine a bird,
Raised in a cage,
Born inside of it,
Fed inside of it,
Taught that the barges are not a prison,
But protection.
If you were to open the door,
Would the bird even try to leave?
Or would it stay,
Believing that outside the cage is dangerous?
And here's the real questions.
How many times has the door already been open,
But you never stepped through?
Not because you couldn't,
But because you didn't realize you were inside a cage to begin with.
You were told they could believe anything.
That you have freedom.
That the world is full of choices.
But have you ever noticed that all the choices seem to lead back to the same place?
Go to school,
Get a job,
Work hard,
Retire.
Consume,
Achieve,
Repeat.
Like different doors in the same room.
No matter which one you take,
You're still inside.
But here's the thing.
What if the real path isn't inside a room at all?
What if the real choice is realizing that you were never meant to stay here?
Every system,
Every rule,
Every expectation,
They were created by someone.
A long time ago,
Someone decided what was normal.
Someone decided what success looks like,
What stability means,
What a good life should be.
And slowly,
Generation after generation,
People stopped questioning.
But here you are,
Listening to this,
Feeling something shift inside of you.
Something telling you that maybe,
Just maybe,
There's another way.
So now the question is no longer,
What am I allowed to do?
What is realistic?
What will people think?
The real question is,
What would you do if you were already free?
Because you are,
You always were.
The only thing that ever kept you inside the cage was to believe that it was locked.
And now you know better.
