A man in prison is sent a prayer rug by his friend. What he had wanted, of course, was file or a crowbar or a key. But he began using the rug, doing five-times prayer before dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, after sunset and before sleep. Bowing, sitting up and bowing again, he notices an odd pattern in the weave of the rug, just as the QIBLA, the point where his head touches. He studies and meditates on that pattern, gradually discovering that it is a diagram of the lock that confines him in his cell and how it works. HE IS ABLE TO ESCAPE.

Anything you do everyday can open into the deepest spiritual peace, which is FREEDOM.

Coleman Barks