ALWAYS FREE. ALWAYS BOUND.

 

This is the greatest truth about any of us: We are free…relatively speaking, yes, because we are animals that die. But within the sphere of life, for all practical purposes, we are infinitely free. 

In this very moment we’re free to think, feel and act in an infinite number of ways, free to choose from an infinite variety of choices and their consequences, free to move our lives forward in an infinite number of directions.

Surprisingly though, we often proceed through life thinking the opposite…that we are inextricably bound. There’s sound reasoning for this: We aren’t just free. We are also vulnerable--vulnerable because we are human beings that live and die (which is why marketing that focuses on giving us control works so well).

Being vulnerable means even while we are free, there are always consequences to which we are bound…including the consequences of the sheer capriciousness of life (accidents/disease/natural disasters, etc.) as well as the whims and ways of others (family, friends, neighbors, community, complete strangers, leaders, etc.). 

Always free. Always bound. 

The challenge then, is to decide whether we’re going to live this day out of our freedom or out of our bondage. The good news is that we have a lot more freedom than we probably realize.

Just ask Anne Frank, Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Sarah Winnemucca…

TODAY.

LET’S GIVE THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.

LET’S THINK ABOUT AND THEN LIVE OUT OF OUR FREEDOM.