This is it! Friday, May 1st, 1992, I drove my kids to the motel we stayed at for the Circuit Assembly in Woodburn, Oregon. I told them that I was not going to attend the Assembly at all. On Saturday morning, May 2nd, I dropped them off at the front of the Assembly Hall, making this the very first day where I ceased going to meetings.
Driving away from Woodburn, I headed to the beach at Lincoln City, Oregon where I took time to walk a long beach - alone - enjoying the wind breeze through my hair - the sand move between my toes - the sea gulls chanting and squeaking - the steady roll of the waves - the gentle roaring sound as they cascaded onto the shore – and an occasional sip of scotch.
It was the first day of the rest of my life ... the beginning of having my life back ... the beginning of personal freedom of the mind and heart.
Today, ten years later - I still can feel the fresh breeze and the sand ... and I have no regrets, no doubt, no fear ... I need not look back anymore. I wish a happy life to everyone!
"Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last." - Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.