Freedom is Inside You
Freedom is never given. It is only taken. Freedom lives inside you. It is not given by governments. It is not given by jailers. It is never given.
A person must choose to be free. There are people sitting on death row who are completely free from the fear of death. There are also people who appear to be free but are completely Shackled by fear anxiety and depression.
In order to be completely free, you must put away those fears and anxieties. You must let go of the things that shackle you. You must choose to be free.
a great piece about freedom. enjoyed every word!
I personally think that freedom is the ultimate complicated subject in human existence.
as we all know some of the processes of achieving freedom for one is (whether they realize it or not) affecting another people freedoms as well.
picture this:
bill wants to be freed from his economic problems. (poverty is a type of unfreedoms where you are being robbed away from your freedom of a quality life like basic needs, healthcare, housing, education, etc)
so he fought his fears and anxieties and went on becoming a CEO of a giant tech industry, and then went on to employ underaged children to produce more and more.
in his quest to achieve and maintain his freedom, he has jailed somebody else's and in this case: the children. they are forced to work for money with pressure from their family. they are being robbed away from the freedom of achieving a better education etc.
it is complicated, freedom is.
because for one to basically feel freedom is not enough. freedom needs to be shared. and governments and other related agents have to point out the right directions, using the right instruments, and the rights sets of rules.
idk tho, should this task be given to the governie or not. haha
btw i've written a piece about freedom in my post way back from last week, if you're interested abt it.
keep writing
cheers! :)
Thank you. Yes freedom is a very complex idea. It has many other aspects. I will go read your blog post from last week. I look forward to it. I just posted one today about Americans being lazy. If you would like to read it, I will post a link below. Thank you for the comment. The interaction is greatly appreciated.
https://steemit.com/america/@big.ock/americans-are-lazy
What if you have no idea that fear is what you seek freedom from?
Then you are screwed. Some people may have fear of having their fears exposed or fears of understanding their own fears.