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Do you even know what extent would you go to find your freedom?
Man is always in search of freedom, esp. when each one of us had been locked in uniforms and been taught discipline for the sake of it since childhood.
Some want to free themselves of the raging thoughts about all the mishaps in the world, some would want to block sadness and demise, few would simply let go of whatever they are unknowingly clinging to, and few would leave everything and stay all alone at peace somewhere in far off lands.
Been held up within the confines of four walls and glued to screens since quite long now, is this how you would want your entire life to go? I believe that is a hell lot of life to trade against something not leading you anywhere and really for what - Money, position, illusion of power?
Some delve deep and keep walking on until the path changes to that of rocky beds and thick dense pine jungle with snowy alps overlooking them, where the wind starts to tilt and then there is a slight shift that happens within from where change starts to happen.
There is always more to life, more to you! Than what is fed into your head brains. But when that heart-brain wire disconnects, then a human starts to drift into the uncharted, where the heart rules the decisions and the path is tread with courage and intuition. Where rules feel stupid and religion, a jail! Where nature seems more vocal and beautiful than human conversations and smiles and where silence allows you to move within, to know what was already there.
But how do we really define freedom?
Is it really leaving all the things behind and staying in solitude on your own on the mountains or along the sea?
Is it spending days and nights alone in big cities but being content of who you're becoming in the process?
Is it being happy knowing that you have the world to explore and do the things that you love to do no matter where you are?
Then what do you think true freedom is for your own life?
For me, it is really finding things that make me really happy and content. Not temporary, but for a lifetime - which is making memories and health! Visiting places and exploring myself and losing track of time lifting iron and running until the heart is on fire!!
Add to that, things that allow me to really express myself and not lock me under patterns of man-defined limits and allow me to be who I really am!
And lastly, helping me learn and grow as a person along the way, be it any point in life. No job, no paycheck should define a person's worth. Usually we stop learning new ideas when some limited world bestows dollars upon us, feeding our egos. Not giving power to them and courageously taking decisions that might not be fancy but those which are best for our growth.
David Goggins, in his book "Can't hurt me" has mentioned about the dooms day when everyone is waiting at the crossroads of heaven and hell confronting God.
Goggins said, "I used to weigh 300 lb. Let's say that I didn't improve myself at all. I die at 75 years old at 300 lb. I work for Eco Lab my entire life, making $1,000 a month. That's what I made. I go to heaven and you are God. And you have a big long line of people, and I'm standing line. I'm coming up. I'm next, so you have Mary Ann, and you are talking to her, judging her, and I'm like, "What the hell does God have in His hand? What's that paper?" So God tears it away and throws it in the trashcan, and Mary Ann goes walking away. Now you have a piece of paper in your hand. I am next, and God says, "Sit down, David." That's right. It says David Goggins on top of the paper. God gives me the paper, and I look at it. When I'm reading this paper, I see all these amazing things. You were a 185lb athlete. You ran all these crazy races. You broke records. You were a Navy Seal. You were the only person to do this, do that, to do everything. You had a best-selling book. You changed millions of lives. And I look at God, and I say, "This says David Goggins up here, which is my name, God. But this isn't me." I'm like, "I think You gave me the wrong paper." And God says, "No," because God knows all. God sees all. And God looks at me and says, "This is what you should have been." He adds, "I want God to be impressed with how I turn out."
He finishes by saying that he wants God to keep on adding to that piece of paper in awe that Goggins exceeded even God's expectations.
God wants to do certain things "through" you and there are going to be instances where you are going to feel the pull towards those things regularly, look closely! It is up to you to take the decision which way to go and which life to take.
With love!
Liftnwander.
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