I walked through the area of caged animals with a level of inner child energy that was always present. It is part of my energetic signature. It has been present for all of my life and when I stopped trying to suppress the inner child energy and simply allowed it, it landed in a balanced place for me. I try to find the most fun option in everything. I try to find a way to bring play to almost everything I do, mostly because it feels good. So, I walked through the area with caged animals unapologetically with my inner child energy and joy.

Some of the caged animals watched me calmly. Some would rattle their cages. Occasionally, one would jump on the cage, violently shaking it and spitting at me. I stopped and watched one in particular. I stood feet from her and watched her thrash at her cage while squealing and spitting at me. Spit hit my face and I recoiled for a moment, slowly wiped the spit away and wondered why she did that to me. 

As I watched her, I thought, I wasn’t the one who put you there. I didn’t do anything to you, why are you so angry at me? Why are you spitting and squealing at me as if I somehow created the situation in which you are living? Why is your anger directed at me?

I stepped another step away from her while still making eye contact. She continued to be violent with herself and tried hard to be violent with me but she couldn’t reach me. She reached her arm through the cage trying to scratch at me with her claws. I took another step back.

I picked up my scooter that had been resting on the ground. I kept eye contact while I slowly started rolling on the scooter so she could see the lights on the wheels. She started to jump up and down screaming at a high pitch. I stopped the scooter and read the title on her cage, “Adulthood” it was labeled in boring bold print. I took another swift push of my scooter with my right leg and rolled away shaking my head. 

“Your cage door is open” I yelled back. “You just have to make the choice to leave”.