There was a boy who was scared, he said to himself  ” I will build a castle, with walls, and I won’t have to be scared any more ”

He did just that. He is a very smart boy, and he built the walls little by little, taking time to make them thick, so nobody could see through, and hurt him any more.

He became a king whose castle was spectacular. He built it out of his self control, and nobody got in who he didn’t let in. After awhile nobody got in.

But, there was one little door at the back of the castle. he had to have this door. He said to himself  ” this is the place that I will go to when the pressure of holding the walls up is to much ”

He kept this place secret from the people around his life. It worked for awhile, he found relief there, and excitement. The king was in control for many years. The funny thing is that he didn’t feel in control.

One day people around him got a glimpse inside the walls, because they were starting to develop cracks. He asked himself  ” how could I be so sloppy ? ” He had no good answer for that question.

He took a look around and saw these barren walls staring back at him. ” I can’t live in this castle any more ” he said. He looked around for a way out, and saw only the small door which was just an illusion in his mind.

” How do I get out ? ” he said. He had done such a good job of building the walls that there was no way in, or out. People see a very successful king, with all he has built, around him. Inside he is still the scared, little boy who started building the castle, and now he can’t find a way out.

He’s yelling for help now, but the people on the outside can’t do much to get in. Someone dropped in a hammer, with instructions. The instructions said  ” use this hammer till you make a small hole, when you do that I can pass in a bigger hammer, I have twelve hammers, by the time we get to the twelfth one you should be able to come out into the light with us ”

He stands there now and takes swings with his hammer, he gets tired sometime , and the thought comes to try the little door again. He looks at it and thinks it might be easier to just go that way. They tell him, though, that there is light on the other side, and he is tired of living in his dark kingdom, alone.

He takes his little hammer and starts swinging, again.