The Grinder

It's not just the nickname of this year's best poker player.

I have been a prisoner for years, handcuffed in a dungeon of my own design. In spite of knowledge about the problem and how to solve it, I remain stuck. It's time to get out, and since I have been unable to make progress on my own, the vision of a powertool provides sufficient help. I can wear down these shackles, and get back into the open.

Al Pacino gives a great line as Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman:

I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard.

I look forward to learning as much as I can during this quest for freedom, and I feel liberated that I can use this metaphor as an anchor. It is energized by expert assistance, a strong network of friends I admire, a loving family, and an outstanding wife who backs me with infinite faith. I feel a strange sense of religion when I think The Lord is my shepherd