When the Pearl Jam single I Am Mine came out a little over a year ago, I was still a Witness. It's easy to see why the lyrics appealed to me at a time when I was subconsciously trying to free myself from the mind control.
I know that I was born and I know that I?ll die.
The in between is mine.
I am mine.
...We?re different behind the eyes, there?s no need to hide
...
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied.
I only know my mind.I am mine.
Freedom has been a gradual process. I freed myself from my allegiance to the WTS in June. I freed my life from the routine of WTS service in October. I officially freed myself from membership in the WTS in November. And two weeks ago, I started a public blog, under my real name, in which I mentioned that I was an ex-Witness. So there is no reason now not to take the final step in freeing what is mine--my identity, my name--especially when it is already known to many here.
My name is Daniel Glick. And I am free.