Sat Aug 8, 7:34 pm ET

EASTPOINTE, Mich. – Authorities said a purse snatching suspect being chased by police near Detroit got his right leg tangled in his car's seat belt when he tried to bail out and ended up being dragged several hundred feet. Police told the Detroit Free Press and The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens that 45-year-old man Lawrence Neal of Detroit was dragged Thursday night and broke his leg before the car stopped on a front lawn.

via news.yahoo.com

Don't stop wearing that seat belt – even if you are a criminal.

But be aware that the very thing that makes you safe will often be that which makes you vulnerable.

How often if life are we "caught" by our best protections?

I was once in a house whose owner was so security conscious and had some many safeguards against intruders that I was concerned if she could even get out in time in the event of a fire.

Then there are those protections that we build up inside of ourselves that hamper our abilities to take the necessary risks we must take to succeed in anything.

Again, wear your seat belts. The chances of them harming you are far outweighed by the statistical likelihood of them saving you in an accident.

However, think about the "life belts" that are more likely to entangle you than to move you toward your dreams. Release yourself from them. Move into the arena of risk and vulnerability and let giver of dreams become your real protection.