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Freedom may be different for each of us. For one, freedom
may mean being able to walk down a street at night without a care in the
world...for another freedom may mean flexible hours at their
employment.
Our idea of freedom can also change as we grow. As a
country we have been built on various freedoms like the freedom of
speech and the freedom to bear arms. Yet some of us have difficulty
breaking free of our very own mental and emotional casings that we
have wrapped ourselves in.
When we acquiesce to the prisons of our anxiety,
negative patterns, and resentment, that behavior keeps us from
enjoying some of the freedoms we do have - like the freedom to cry, the
freedom to share our thoughts without judgment, the freedom to feel
our feelings, the freedom to forgive, and the freedom to not be
ok.
All these freedoms can remain bottled up inside, where we
never give them their time of release, and therefore, we remain bound.
Do we realize how pushing down our thoughts and feelings, confining our
responses, and more binds us to our own ideals?
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