I have kind of got into the habit and quite an enjoyable habit at that, of posting about Freedom as part of @eaglespirit's freedomfriday initiative. I think there are so many different types of freedom's that some of us take for granted, that we just don't even think about. And of course, what some people consider as freedom others do not. One person's ceiling is another person's floor and all that jazz. Some even believe they are free when really they are not!

Freedom at times is really just a state of mind.

Freedom is such a huge topic and so much of it depends on where you were born, on how you were born. Some definitely have more freedom than others, because of that and because of that their idea of what it means is completely different too. But one thing we all have in common is the freedom we actually give ourselves. The freedom we give ourselves to create and dream, to envisage and fulfill all that we wish to achieve.

Do we allow ourselves the freedom to be present, to be really present in the moment. The freedom to be by ourselves, to listen to that inner voice that speaks to us. How much freedom do we actually give ourselves to just be?. The be the person we really want to be. How many people have their brains filled with the thoughts of others, the voices of others, telling them what is expected of them..

When you allow yourself some time to sit quietly alone, what voice do you hear?

We are so conditioned to listen and follow others, that sometimes even the idea of following your own initiative is unthinkable. Because why would you trust yourself, really do you think you are wise enough or clever enough to lead your own live? Can you even hear that voice anymore, or are you surrounded by other people's noise. Have you forgotten how to listen?

I know so many questions, but what is your answer to them and how does that make you feel. For a long time when I was growing up ,I had very little confidence in my own abilities. Of course I now know why that is, but really I sometimes felt so inadequate. When I looked around at other people, people who were super confident in what they were doing, who really believed in themselves, I felt so jealous, so alone and unworthy. I really was never given the freedom to explore and discover my own abilities, yes I was given space and yes I roamed the country side. But the words that were spoken to me and the beatings I was given, took that freedom away from me. It is every child's right, to have the freedom to discover who they are. That freedom is so important.

The Freedom To Discover and Be Who You Are!

I have moved on from that, I have grown in so many ways and I found my voice and my confidence. But maintaining that is another thing all together. Depending on where and how we live, we are constantly bombarded daily by other people's voices, by other people's expectations of us. So many are like putty and become molded into something, that was by the hands of others. So many people today, have very little say on how they live their lives. When you think about it, we are groomed from a young age to listen to others, that all of our most important learning comes from others. We are pushed away from our inner voice, so that other people's voices are forced upon us.

But our inner voice, this is our inner power. It is this voice that wants us to to be caring, to share, to strive to create a better world, a world that has earth care at it's center. So you can understand why there is such a strong push for us to move away from than, to move away from who we really are. So that we can commit our lives to the lives of others.

So is that freedom taken from us or do we hand it over. I think it is a bit of both. On the one hand we are raised to listen and obey, yet on the other hand we do have the choice to not listen, to not hand over our power. Some are just blind to that and some I think do not want the responsibility of making those decisions.

But we do have a choice and we do have the freedom to take it back any time we want to.

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