True Freedom
YOU are always free, regardless of what you’ve done, been, or experienced.
And in fact, you’ve proven many times that you are free. For example:
FREEDOM TO SELF-IMPRISON
brought yourself down
gave people a big headache
did wrong
lost your way
BEEN THERE!
FREEDOM TO SELF-LIBERATE
brought yourself back up
gave people big joy
made right
found your way
DONE THAT!
See? We’ve all made choices in all directions, and changed directions. And our choices made HUGE differences, BIG changes. If they DIDN’T, we wouldn’t be truly free. It’s part of our freedom that we have the power to change our lives—for better or worse:
WE’RE 100% FREE TO CHANGE OUR LIVES!
If you don’t like anything about what you’re doing or being (or not doing/not being)—if any of it grates against your heart—it’s not mandatory. You’re free to change any habit, any pattern, any previous choice—or not.
THE 6 MOST POWERFUL CHOICES WE MAKE
1. Will we listen to our heart, or ignore it?
2. Will we take responsibility for our lives, or not?
3. How will we interpret our situation?
4. What attitude will we hold about it?
5. Will we (choose to) love - and how much?
6. Who do we (choose to) think we ARE?*
*see the "Who You Are" card
THE GREATEST FREEDOM OF ALL
The greatest freedom of all is the freedom to be you - and the range of what you are is practically infinite. There is an ocean of being inside you, with endless intricacies and possibilities. The joyful experience of freedom is yours when you draw freely from your inner ocean, and bring the treasure inside you to life. Now you can be freely, appropriately responsive to situations at hand. (So, for example, you don't have to get stuck being a prim librarian in the midst of wild dancers - or a wild dancer in a serious discussion.) You can be as you wish to be, or need to be.
We enjoy true freedom when we don't refuse our freedom, or deny we have it. Instead we USE it for true purpose: to create delight and goodness. Now THAT's living!
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