by David Hayward | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
You will feel exposed. As I was. And still am. Because this is how I choose to live. When I made my escape it was like ripping myself free from all constraints. I left all my clothes behind, my given layers of protection. It left me naked and exposed. Exposed to the...
by David Hayward | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog
I looked back. And I didn’t turn into a pillar of salt. I looked back. When I escaped and I knew I had, I stopped in my tracks. It was a night just like this. The moon was full. The stars were bright. The night was cold. But I was free! I hadn’t felt this feeling in a...
by David Hayward | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog
You just have to jump! Sometimes, like Kierkegaard wrote, you just have to make the leap! I took the existential dare. What a crazy image this is! Look at me jumping from a great height with only a rope in my hand. How far I must fall! I saw how far it was, and I...
by David Hayward | Jan 11, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
I’ve been very busy working on my book. I’m also suffering from a terrible coughing cold this weekend. I’ve been trying to write a weekly letter to you, but nothing is working right now. So I hope that this gift to you will suffice for now. (I will...
by David Hayward | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog
All it takes is one small opening, and one small opportunity. Just underneath the straw in my cell I found a hatch door. My means of escape was always available to me. I just hadn’t seen it yet. My captors are busy playing their games, planning their next move,...
