Hey! It's dark and cold in here... There are no doors or windows. And if not for the small cracks in the foundation, there would be no air to breathe. You see, I've been a prisoner here for a very long time, and my captor has long since gone. Can you help me find a way out?
Why not?
So if I tell you why my captor imprisoned me, you'll help me?
Ok.
Well, once upon a time... I had riches beyond anyone's imagination. I held a title that would make even the King shiver. I was held in such high esteem that all the people in the land came to my castle's doorstep, just to learn what I had to teach. Then one day, a beautiful Princess appeared. She proclaimed that my riches, my title, and all of the people of the land, were hers... unless I became hers.
No, she was not my captor. Let me finish!
So fearing that I would lose everything, I became hers. As the days turned into years... We lived. Cried. Laughed. Sighed. Never reaching the end of that ever expanding universe called happiness. It seemed like the more I gained, the more happiness escaped me.
No! Seriously, she wasn't the captor. That part is coming up!
Then one day... a strange man appeared in a mirror and offered me a warning... he said, "In the future, you will have to choose. Between being selfish and being unselfish. One path leads to a life you want. The other leads to a life everyone else wants."
Yes! That man in the mirror was my captor... let me finish!
I pondered for days upon that warning... and eventually, I decided to be unselfish. Why? Because I figured being nice, would get karma on my side... and I'm bound find happiness in everyone else's happiness. So I gave everything away... I even gave the Princess away. Eventually, I had nothing left, except for this castle... I even gave away the doors, and the windows.
Yes, yes... the man in the mirror was me.
Free me?