Freedom!

“Freedom is having choices! – Freedom is about being able to choose how I want to live my life – and being able to change my mind and choose a different path.”

“The American ideal of freedom is being able to speak freely without persecution, being able to express yourself, live and love freely and without fear.”

“True freedom is having the resilience to bounce back from setbacks and disappointments in life and having the patience to wait for the right moment to come.”

And these final thoughts..,

Freedom allows us the opportunity to pursue happiness while ensuring our rights are protected at all times; this includes things like religious freedom and speech rights as well as many others that have been granted under law throughout history (such as voting rights).

As beautiful and as powerful as it is, freedom is also a frightening thing. Because freedom demands your very best.

It’s much easier to be dependent, and much easier to just give up. It’s tempting to simply turn your troubles and your responsibilities over to someone else.

If you were to do that, however, nothing worth having would be left for you. If you turn your back on your freedom, you turn your back on the unique and essential beauty of who you are.

To live with freedom, independence, self-sufficiency and responsibility takes great effort, commitment, persistence and strength. Yet what it yields is the far greater experience of a rich and fulfilling life.

True freedom is a lot of work, and true freedom is worth every bit of it. It is in making the decisions, and in making the effort, and in living your own unique dreams that you achieve the life you truly long to live.

Though real freedom can be a little frightening, run out and embrace it with everything you have. For in that freedom, your highest and best possibilities are ready to come magnificently to life.