David Icke - My Awakening

Summary

David recounts his transformative journey from a career-ending illness as a footballer to becoming a television presenter and then a public figure known for his unconventional beliefs. He shares how his experiences with rheumatoid arthritis, journalism, and politics shaped his worldview. David details a profound spiritual awakening in Peru that led to ridicule but ultimately freed him from societal constraints. His story emphasizes the importance of overcoming challenges, learning from experiences, and questioning accepted realities to uncover deeper truths.

Takeaways

• 😀 The speaker emphasizes the importance of embracing challenges and adversity as they can bring out one's true potential and strengths.
• 🏆 The speaker's early life was marked by a promising football career that was cut short by rheumatoid arthritis, which taught him determination and resilience.
• 📚 He believes that protecting children from all experiences can hinder their development into strong, capable individuals who can face life's challenges.
• 🔑 The speaker suggests that societal reliance on authority for protection and the perception of victimhood can lead to a loss of personal power and emotional weakness.
• 🌟 Life's 'worst nightmares' can be the catalyst for personal growth and the discovery of hidden strengths, according to the speaker's philosophy.
• 🎙️ After his football career ended, he pursued journalism and television presenting, which provided him with a platform to communicate and understand different aspects of society.
• 🌱 The speaker's life took a significant turn when he started feeling a presence and receiving guidance that led him to explore realms beyond conventional understanding.
• 📖 His encounter with the book 'Mind to Mind' by Betty Shine was a pivotal moment that connected with his experiences and led him to seek further understanding.
• 🌐 The speaker's experiences in Peru, particularly at the site of Cuzco, were transformative, leading to a profound spiritual awakening and a new perception of reality.
• 💧 The dramatic event of a sudden rainstorm during a spiritual experience in Peru symbolizes a cleansing and a shift in the speaker's consciousness.
• 🔮 The aftermath of the spiritual awakening left the speaker with an overwhelming influx of information and insights, challenging his previous understanding of the world.

Q & A

What was the significant event in David's life that led to his transformation?

David's transformation began when he experienced a series of unusual and powerful sensations and encounters, which he initially could not understand, culminating in a profound experience in Peru at a place called Cuzco.

How did David's career as a professional footballer end?

David's career as a professional footballer ended due to rheumatoid arthritis, which he played with for an entire season despite the pain and challenges it presented.

What is David's perspective on life's challenges and how they shape us?

David believes that life's challenges bring out the best in us and that avoiding these challenges can lead to emotional weakness and reliance on authority for protection, rather than developing personal strength.

What phrase does David use to describe the way life presents its greatest gifts?

David uses the phrase 'life tends to give us our greatest gifts brilliantly disguised as our worst nightmares' to illustrate how adversity can lead to personal growth.

How did David's experience with rheumatoid arthritis influence his approach to life?

David's experience with rheumatoid arthritis taught him determination and resilience, as he chose to continue playing football despite the pain, which later translated into his approach to life's other challenges.

What career path did David take after his football career ended?

After his football career, David became interested in journalism and eventually became a television presenter, gaining national recognition in his field.

What was the turning point for David that led him to question his life's direction?

The turning point for David was a period of dissatisfaction with both his work at the BBC and his involvement with the Green Party, which led him to seek a new direction in life.

What was the significant event that occurred to David in a hotel near BBC headquarters?

While staying at a hotel near BBC headquarters, David felt a strong presence in an otherwise empty room and asked for contact from this presence, which initiated a series of synchronicities and profound experiences.

What was the outcome of David's visit to psychic Betty Shine?

During his visit to Betty Shine, David received a psychic reading that predicted he would go on a world stage to reveal great secrets, face opposition, and play a role in humanity's awakening.

What was the nature of the experience David had at Cuzco, Peru?

At Cuzco, David had a powerful spiritual experience where he felt an overwhelming energy, heard a strong thought form, and witnessed a sudden, intense rainstorm that coincided with the energy stopping.

How did David's appearance on the Wogan show contribute to his life's journey?

David's appearance on the Wogan show led to widespread ridicule and public scrutiny, which he later viewed as a gift that freed him from the fear of what others think and allowed him to see the world in a new light.

Outlines

00:00

🏈 Overcoming Adversity and Life's Lessons

The speaker reflects on his life's journey, starting as a professional footballer with Coventry, cut short by rheumatoid arthritis. Despite the physical challenges, he played an entire season with the condition, developing resilience and determination. He emphasizes the importance of facing life's difficulties to foster personal growth, rather than shielding oneself from challenges. He transitions into journalism and television presenting, attributing his diverse experiences to shaping who he is today. He concludes by discussing his involvement with the Green Party and the BBC, hinting at disillusionment with both.

05:01

👽 Encounters with the Unexplained

The speaker recounts his experiences with what he perceives as supernatural phenomena, beginning in 1989 with a sense of a presence when alone. This sensation intensifies, leading him to seek out a psychic named Betty Shine. After reading her book and undergoing a healing session, he experiences a profound connection with unseen forces. Betty foretells his future role in revealing significant secrets to the world, despite the opposition he will face. The narrative suggests a life-altering shift in the speaker's perception of reality and his purpose.

10:03

🌏 A Spiritual Awakening in Peru

The speaker describes a transformative journey to Peru, where he felt inexplicably drawn to a site called Cuzco. There, he experiences a powerful spiritual event that leaves him with a heightened sense of connection to the world and a newfound perspective. He details a moment of intense energy and a sudden downpour that he interprets as a sign. This experience propels him into a period of overwhelming insight and understanding, fundamentally changing his worldview.

15:04

💧 The Downpour of Knowledge and Transformation

Following the spiritual awakening in Peru, the speaker undergoes a period of intense mental activity, flooded with new information and insights. This period, which he likens to a bubble bursting, exposes him to a vast array of previously unknown concepts. Despite initial confusion, he emerges with a clearer, more connected understanding of the world. He discusses his appearance on the Wogan show, where he faced ridicule for his experiences, but views this as a liberating experience that freed him from the fear of others' opinions.

20:05

🔮 Embracing a New Perspective on Life

The speaker concludes by reflecting on how his experiences have led him to see the world in a completely different light. He now perceives the truth beyond the words in newspapers and feels liberated from societal pressures and expectations. Despite facing accusations of insanity and danger, he stands by his newfound perspective, embracing the freedom that comes from not being constrained by the opinions of others.

Keywords

💡Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the joints, causing pain and potentially leading to joint damage and disability. In the video's narrative, the speaker mentions having played a year of league football with rheumatoid arthritis, which demonstrates his determination and the impact of the condition on his life and career.

💡Life Experience

Life experience refers to the events, challenges, and lessons one accumulates over time. The speaker emphasizes the importance of life experience in shaping who we are, using his own journey from a professional footballer to a television presenter and beyond as an example of how experiences can lead to personal growth and self-discovery.

💡Emotional Resilience

Emotional resilience is the ability to adapt to stressful situations and recover from adversity. The video discusses the idea that shielding children from challenges can hinder the development of emotional resilience, leading to a population that seeks protection and perceives itself as victims, which contrasts with the speaker's own experiences and growth.

💡Victim Mentality

A victim mentality is a mindset where individuals perceive themselves as victims and rely on external forces for protection or solutions. The speaker warns against the dangers of such a mentality, suggesting it leads to a loss of personal power and an overreliance on authority, which he contrasts with his own approach to overcoming challenges.

💡Journalism

Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. The speaker mentions his interest in journalism from a young age, which led him to become a television presenter and gain insights into the media landscape, contributing to his broader understanding of the world.

💡Green Party

The Green Party typically refers to political parties that emphasize environmentalism and social justice. The speaker discusses his involvement with the Green Party and his subsequent disillusionment, which reflects his broader theme of questioning established systems and seeking deeper truths.

💡Synchronicity

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are seemingly related but not causally connected, often interpreted as meaningful coincidences. The speaker recounts numerous synchronicities that occurred in his life, which he believes were guiding him towards a deeper understanding of the world and his role in it.

💡Perception

Perception is the process of interpreting and organizing sensory information to give meaning to the environment. The video's theme involves a transformation in the speaker's perception of the world, as he describes an experience in Peru that 'popped the bubble' of his previous understanding, leading to a new awareness.

💡Transformation

Transformation refers to a profound change in form, appearance, or character. The speaker describes a personal transformation following his experience in Peru, where he felt an influx of information and insights that altered his perception and understanding of reality.

💡Cu star knee

Cu star knee, likely referring to a location or experience, is a term used by the speaker to describe a pivotal moment in his life. It symbolizes a place of profound spiritual or energetic experience that led to a significant shift in his consciousness and worldview.

💡Public Perception

Public perception is the collective beliefs or views that the general public holds about something. The speaker discusses the ridicule he faced after appearing on the Wogan show, highlighting the tension between his transformed perception and the public's expectations and judgments.

Highlights

The speaker's belief in the power of life's challenges to bring out one's true potential and the importance of not shielding children from adversity.

The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on the speaker's football career and how it led to a shift in career paths.

The speaker's transition from professional football to journalism and eventually becoming a television presenter.

The concept that life's greatest gifts often come disguised as nightmares, a perspective on overcoming adversity.

The speaker's disillusionment with the BBC and the Green Party, leading to a search for a new purpose.

A profound experience of not feeling alone in a room, setting the stage for a series of spiritual encounters.

The transformative experience of reading 'Mind to Mind' by Betty Shine and its impact on the speaker's life direction.

Betty Shine's psychic reading predicting the speaker's future role in revealing great secrets to the world.

The idea of being 'led to knowledge' and having knowledge imparted directly into one's mind.

The experience in Peru and the powerful spiritual encounter at Cuzco, leading to a new understanding of reality.

The moment of intense energy and a message received during a spiritual experience in the Peruvian hills.

The aftermath of the spiritual experience, including the overwhelming influx of information and insights.

The public ridicule following the speaker's appearance on the Wogan show and the personal transformation that ensued.

The concept that the truth in life is often found in the spaces between the words, not in the words themselves.

The speaker's realization of seeing the world in a completely different way post-transformation.

The importance of not fearing the opinions of others and the freedom that comes from overcoming that fear.

The speaker's journey from skepticism to acceptance of spiritual and psychic phenomena.

Transcripts

for Newman you started judge on the

David obviously you went through a

detailee Walkinshaw which was massive

for you because you come on that shore

and you spoke out how you believed then

and if things that you seen and you

things you with educating yourself west

because you always see the deadly

Kilcher which I believe was it's sad

when you watch that and of you am when

you're working on that did you know that

that was going to be the outcome yeah

it's kind of funny um people people

people said to me didn't you know that

what happen if you said this and said

that I thought I said what do you know

I'd worked that out but you say it

anyway but but you see there's a lot of

background with that because I was I was

going through my life I left school at

15 I didn't take a major exam because I

went to be a professional footballer

with Coventry and and and others and

then my career ended with rheumatoid

arthritis I played a whole year of

League football with rheumatoid

arthritis that's whole story and in

itself but what that did is it developed

it developed in you because all these

things are within us and experience

brings them out and if you don't have

experience often they don't come out so

um I have this phrase um life tends to

give us our greatest gifts brilliantly

disguised as our worst nightmares

because often our worst nightmare will

will bring things out of us that

wouldn't otherwise happen this is why if

you if you bring your kids up and you

protect them from everything you're

doing them no favors because you're not

developing strong people who will be

able to deal with life you're developing

people who are always looking to be

protected and look at what we have now

and once you have a generation or or you

have a population that wants to be

protected and perceives itself all the

time as being a victim where is the

power point of power move it moves to

Authority because people look to

authority to protect them from what

their fear or what they feel victimized

by so what we

we've been developing is a population of

emotionally weak people who perceive

themselves in terms of victims when you

have challenges in life and you meet

them it brings something out of you so

for instance when my my arthritis came

and I didn't know what else am I going

to do at that time I wanted to be a

football I wanted to be a footballer

since I was a kid and now me joints are

swollen up and they're telling me I'm

gonna have to pack it in now I thought

I'm not packing it in I want to give it

a go so I went to a club called Herald

United that was a league club then and I

played the whole season with rheumatoid

arthritis every morning when we were

training and warming up for training on

cold English mornings I was in agony and

and and I would be limping and

what-have-you and players are say oh

what's wrong now I can die I would give

a different excuse all got a bit of a

Paul oh I think I've got a bit of a

blister but actually it was the same

thing all the kind and I played the

season out and eventually got so bad

that I couldn't carry on but he brought

something out of me this this

determination not not to give up and not

to give in and then I I decided because

when I was a kid I I was always reading

newspapers and I was very interested in

journalism so I became a journalist and

long story short I eventually became a

television presenter Rover had a well

known back then yeah I was yeah I was I

was a national television per century in

those days which we and when I look at

my life now you see and and what I'm

doing my life before which appeared to

be a series of random events same with

you you've had your challenges in life

what is it done it's made you the person

you are you wouldn't be the person you

are now without them and people say well

I regret that or regret that well the

thing to regret is if you don't learn

from the experience that's the regret

but learning from the experience well

you've had a gift what you've written

for and so I am I went into journalism

because I was very interested in that

and I've actually became this television

presenter and when you look at my life

as I was saying

all the different elements are including

going into journalism and seeing the

media for what it is going into politics

with the Green Party and seeing politics

of what it is well III didn't know at

the time but they were all giving me

very very important understandings that

will be useful later on and then what

happened is yes sir this is a kind of

bizarre story but it happened I was I

was in the Green Party and and I and I

was still working for the BBC television

presenter and both were leaving me

completely cold you know the the the the

beep the BBC it's it's not a great

organization to work for if you care

about the truth and you care about you

know more than the official version of

everything and I also was looking at the

Green Party politics from the inside and

seeing that it was just like every other

party and so I was out what do I do with

my life now because I can't go on with

either of these and what happened was a

very strange thing happened because in

the early part of what would it be

1989 I started having this feeling that

when I was in a room alone I wasn't

alone and it's like this it's like this

there was an atmosphere there there's

something there and through 1989 this

this got more and more and more powerful

to the point where in early 1990 I was

working for the BBC and I was it I was

staying at a hotel called the cancer Dan

Hilton just down for the BBC

headquarters and I'm sitting on the side

of the bed and in in this apparently

empty room and and there there was such

a sense of a presence there that I said

into the room you know if there's

something there would you please contact

me because you'll drive me up the wall

few days later I'm on the seafront with

my son gareth little boy then in ride

where I live on the are white and I go

into this news agent shot

where gas was looking at one of the

books and I said to him come on gas

we'll come and get some lunch in the

town and as I said it it was like the

atmosphere changed like the energetic

field around me changed and all I heard

it wasn't it wasn't a voice it was a

very strong thought form it said go and

look at the books on the far side and

I'm standing there thinking you know do

not shut your so yeah now basically what

them so I start walking across to the

books in inner inner days thinking what

is happening and I knew this bookshop

that the books it sold were for you know

the tourists had come to the are white

they were basically Mills and Boon and

and and you know perfectly form English

roses and having relationships with

perfectly formed you know uniformed

soldiers and all this stuff so I'm

thinking what am I going over here for

but right in the middle of these books

was one called mind to mind by a woman

called Betty shine a picture was on the

front it was different to the other side

picked it up and I turn it over and I

read the blurb and she was a psychic an

English psychic and she was telling her

life story so I bought the book read it

in 24 hours found it very interesting

contacted up because I wanted to go and

see if she would pick up what the hell

was happening around me for the last

year and so I went I told her nothing

what I told it was because she did this

hands-on healing as well which is just

an exchange of energy you know it's not

mumbo Jumbo's an exchange of energy okay

yes it's just an exchange of energy

that's all it is but anyway um I told

her that because I said I've got

arthritis maybe it will help because I

didn't want to give anything away or

what's happening to me so I'm sitting on

this bench this medical type bench in

her front room you know she'd chatting

away and she's doing that all you know

hands-on healing just next to my left

knee and suddenly the atmosphere changed

again and I felt like a spider's web on

my face now what hit me was in her book

she said when other levels of reality

are trying to lock into you you

sometimes feel like a spider's web when

you face well I know what that what that

was now it's electromagnetic energy you

know you know when you you you you're in

a crowd a football crowd with great

emotional excitement you you feel like a

charge of energy the hair stands up well

yet you know that's electromagnetic fit

their electromagnetic fields so that's

what I was feeling but it did feel like

a spider's web on the face and I said

nothing but to the to the to the to

Betty but I'm thinking what the hell and

then about ten or fifteen seconds later

she reels her head back and she said my

god this is powerful I've got to close

my eyes for this one I made bombs for

going further down there what have you

got to do yourself into here I key and

she starts telling me in March 1990

there I'm gonna go out on a world stage

and reveal great secrets I would face

enormous opposition but they whatever

that is would always be there to protect

me and that there there was a shadow

over the world that and there was a

story that needed to be told that

humanity was gonna was going to go

through a phase of waking up and coming

out of basically its coma which is

programming and that I was gonna go out

and do that one man cannot change the

world but one man can communicate the

message that can change the world was

one of the things she said and I'm

sitting there I'm a television presenter

for the BBC I'm a national spokesman for

the Green Party and I'm thinking what

are you talking so I then leave leave

leave her and get on a train she lived

near Hassocks in Sussex and and and or

in her six actually and and then I drove

up or went up in the train to present a

television program but from that moment

on what one of the things that was said

that she said because she said the first

thing she said he had no idea about this

interaction in the Kensington Hill she's

saying that they're telling me they know

you you wanted them to contact you but

the time wasn't right and you you you

know now you've been brought here to be

contacted and they said they're saying

that you're

be led to knowledge and at other times

knowledge will be put into your mind all

right okay what so anyway after this he

at that time David the Jew think she was

maybe crazy because you know understand

that I'll be gee I don't work because

when you speaker but stuff like that

people go well he's maybe crazy but yeah

again it's judging people and

everybody's not on different paths yeah

I mean what I've been like may all me

life is um I've never dismissed things

that I can't know absolutely are not

true I I have this policy I put things

on the back burner and I see what comes

and if more information comes to support

it more incomplete nation comes to

support it there comes a point where

there's so much information supporting

that that it crosses the line and you

know you start to say okay I accept this

is what's happening but I don't just

dismiss things and never have on the

basis that they're different just being

the way I've always been was at the

start of your John that end going unless

women and everything like her weakened

and I smell bacon

yes yeah it was and and you know one of

the one of the things was that you know

it was gonna be tough and and so when I

left that left her house and got only

life very very quickly

synchronicity coincidences started to

occur where I'd meet people come across

information come across books come

across documents whatever that was

starting to like hand me puzzle pieces

and I started to realize as it built up

and it built up and it built up that

actually the world was not like I

thought it was well not like I thought

it was I really have that of you on that

I just but in Washington don't you know

I never did believe that politicians

around the world I always felt there was

something else but you didn't even you

didn't know what it was now I was

beginning to understand question

everything works yeah and another thing

that happened is that I would get just a

knowing

that this is how I think this is what's

going on here and then what would follow

would be names dates places hard factual

information that would support that view

which kind of connects with we will put

knowledge into his mind and this has

gone on now for 30 years and it's gone

through different different phases of

information and it's taken me down a an

extraordinary road of uncovering the

world as it is behind the facade of what

we're told it is and of course it's

taken me into realms of enormous

ridicule and enormous abuse but we come

back to the greatest gift our often that

you ever given is your worst nightmare

or what appears to be so if we go back

to the wagon show goes what happened

eventually as I went on the wagon show

and talked about what was happening to

me and at that time I was right in that

period of the whoa good show was period

of about three months I was going

through an enormous transformation of

that you doesn't understand I didn't

understand no because this is what

happened just very very very briefly is

that I I suddenly got this feeling that

I needed to go to Peru I didn't know why

I'd never been there I watched him play

in the World Cup a few times but I

didn't know anything about it and long

story short I ended up in Peru and and

not as series of enormous ly amazing

things happen to me and it culminated at

a place called Cu star knee which is

near a place called puno near Lake

Titicaca highest navigable lake in the

world they say about 13,000 feet and and

I ended up and a series of

synchronicities again at this so-called

Inca site called Cu star knee which is

all Inca ruins on a hill and there's a

lake and mountains right in the middle

of nowhere and I I went and I looked

around it and then I died hired this

taxi and this guide came with me and

we're driving away from Cu starting and

I'm just daydreaming which I do all the

time daydreaming out the window we sold

mind-wandering

and I'm looking at this hill as we're

coming towards it and as I looked at

this hill all I could hear in my head

was come to me come to me come to me you

know and I'm thinking you know I was

introducing I was introducing the

snooker not long ago actually and now

this freakin Hills talking to me Steve

Davis Jimmy white all his forgiver and

so I asked the guy to stop I said I

won't be a minute I'm going up that hill

and I walked up the hill and I didn't

know where I was going or why and um

there's this all these kind of stones

it's kind of a kind of circle like a

stones and I walked into the middle and

it's beautiful and there's not a cloud

in the sky it's a pure blue Peruvian sky

piercing Sun red nose to prove it and I

stood there and what happened to me then

happened to me I've covered this bit in

the new shop in ride where I'm standing

there and suddenly I feel like my feet

are being pulled to the ground and like

in it like magnetically and I'm feeling

like a drill in the top of my head and

the atmosphere changed again od this was

much more powerful than the news show

and I heard this again very strong

thought form go through my mind which

said first of all they'll be talking

about this a hundred years from now what

and then which Saint seemed absolutely

crazy given the sky in the Sun and that

it will be over when you feel the rain

right and then what happened is my arms

went out like that without me making any

decision to to to to do that and then

this energy got more and more powerful

and in the end my body's shaking and and

what what's happening it's like when you

drive in a car and you can't remember

the last mile

your subconscious had been driving the

car thank goodness I kept coming back to

some kind of consciousness and then

going back somewhere else

and as I came back to consciousness at

one point my conscious mind

I noticed that over the far distant

mountains there was a light gray mist

and I'm watching it and it's getting

dark and it's getting darker faster and

I think it's frickin raining and then

over not very long the whole thing took

maybe I don't know an hour 45 minutes an

hour this storm came out of the I mean

you couldn't make it up if you put if

you put this on it on a movie they'd say

oh come on it happened this this storm

is coming towards me and you know

whether people talk about it front yeah

well this is a front it's a straight

bloody line I'm looking up it's it's

it's literally out with some crazy movie

and this and it's stare rod rain it's

not just raining it's steroid rain and

it's coming towards me and I'm standing

there and I'm seeing this wall of water

coming towards me it's like something

out with bloody Moses frickin Red Sea

and and and by this time and the body's

shaking like crazy with this energy

coming through me and then the water hit

me I mean I mean it mmediately drenched

because it's steroid rain and bang the

energy stopped and I staggered forward

like Bambi because my legs were gone and

there were energy pouring out me feet

and pouring out me hands and it's still

pouring out there me feet I couldn't

sleep that night because of it and

something changed I if you people could

imagine you lived your life in a bubble

literally a bubble of information a

bubble of perception and someone's come

along without any warning and pop the

bloody thing and suddenly every

thing that was outside the bubble was

pouring in so my mind is absolutely

awash with information concepts insights

what the hell was going on that it was

just a chaotic mass of information and

thought and everything and in that

period it lasted about three months if

you'd have asked me my name and I

checked and that it was in that period

in me turquoise shell sue that I went on

to the the Wogan show and and everything

that that that that happened and after

about three months after all the

ridicule and all the newspapers and all

that stuff basically you know when you

you you press too many keys on a

computer in the computer for esa's says

I can't process this well that was me

there was so much information pouring

into my conscious mind as a result of

that experience in Peru I could process

it you basically froze what happened

after three months is it unfroze and now

I'm the old David again but I ain't just

more I'm seeing the world in completely

different way I'm see I'm as they as

they say when you read a newspaper the

truth is in the white bits not the words

the bits in between you know you and so

I was seeing things and connections that

I couldn't see before did you have a

question yourself David anything am I

losing my mind don't need to go and get

help or the street for you did that well

understand that about more well it felt

right to me I could say a completely

understood it then it felt right to me

and and I I did I did what I always do

like I've just mentioned earlier I

thought okay I'm going with this and

we're gonna see where it's gonna go and

I didn't know where he was going but I'm

gonna go with this and see where it goes

and people were coming up to me after

that you know Shh unfreezing and they

were saying it thought they thought

you'd gone mad you're the same day we

used to know but I wasn't I appear to be

but I wasn't I was seeing the world in a

completely different

way and of course in in a world which is

overwhelmingly programmed to see the

world in a certain way it's what happens

through the education system and the

media and peer pressure it's very very

narrow band of sense of the possible

sense of what is when you start talking

about things that are different to that

then immediately the reaction is you're

crazy or you're dangerous or in my case

you're both but what followed what

followed of course was the mass ridicule

as a report the Wogan show and people

said you know it must have been horrible

what it was but it was the greatest gift

I ever have been given because it set me

free of the prison that most people live

in which is the fear of what other

people think