#6 The Broken Chain

When we lived in the country we had a wonderful pet dog.  This dog was ideal.  Our dog was friendly to children, fun to be around, playful but very serious if anyone pulled into our driveway. It was then our dog became a guard dog and would bark at the visiting car and occupants until we would call, "It's O K".  Those words would satisy our dog concerns and once again our dog became playful and endearing even to the visitors as they would get out of their vehicle.

One day we were expecting a lot of company so we decided to chain our dog to a post for the visits to be easier with the guests coming and going throughout the day.

We were absolutely heartsick when, at the end of the day, we found that our dog had broken the chain and had run away and was nowhere to be found.  We called and called and called for our dog to come home but to no avail.  Night was starting to set in and we envisioned our dog to be caught by something somewhere and needing help. 

Even though our dog naturally felt free to run again when the chain was broken the fact of dragging part of the chain was endangering for entanglements.  By dragging part of the chain our dog could easily become snagged and become vulnerable for prey.

We looked and looked and called and called and finally our dog appeared in a field across the road from our house.  What a welcome sight!!!  What a relief!!!  Our dog was safe again.  The broken chain was totally removed.

To put this story into an inspiration and encouragement writing the reader has to recognize that the excess baggage being drug from the past can bring jeopardy to our ablility of being free without getting caught by harmful surroundings.  To truly be free a person has to be free of carrying or dragging their past around that is susceptible for getting hooked by something or hooked on something that stops the person from being free.

If a person drags around angers, fears, hurts and insecurities that person is more susceptible of getting caught by something that can hook these areas being carried.  It is to a person's best interest to not carry or drag  aspects from the past that had once ensnared that person.  Breaking free isn't always experiencing true freedom. It comes with an awareness of our circunstances each day and having the ability to move past what could hold a person from going forward and enjoying the experience of doing so.