At times I would say I had self-control.

At times I felt like a prisoner of myself.

All that’s passed. I am no longer captivated by myself.

The lesson I toke from this:

not to be taken by myself.        --Rumi

有時我會說我有能力控制自己。

有時我感覺像是自己的囚犯。

所有那些都已過去，我不再被自己拘禁。

我採用了下面這個訓誡：

不要被自己抓住。