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Freedom is sweet, but personal freedom is even sweeter. However every few people are truly free. Some people think their free but when you get to the bottom of their life you will be surprised to find out how much their ignorant about how far they are enslaved. It is pity we live in the society where lack of freedom is a new norm. We talk about freedom, we think we are free, and we act free but we are far from true freedom.
Because to be truly free there's a price to pay. The freedom I talk about is the freedom to be you, to act you and live you. But their many systems and cultures that bids us, and some of these started to exalted on us since our childhood, to free ourselves from those chains and at the same time fight the current force that are trying to in slave us, is not easy, it is a demanding war. But those who wants to be free must learn how to fight. It is a neccesary price to be free. Elbert Hubbard said " freedom cannot be bestowed- it must be achieved" that means you will never be given freedom to be your, like a birthday gifts. You must earn your freedom.
Freedom is your birth right so go for it. Birth as already given you the permission to be free, do not settle for any thing less. Any soul which is still enslaved can never live to its full potential, every fulfilling and great life must be free first. To die fighting for your freedom fulfills more than dying in the luxury of conformity.
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Here are 6 steps to experience your freedom.
- Discover/ know thyself
At the core of your being who are you? What can you naturally do (talent), what are you naturally passionate about? What can you easily learn? If it was not for bills, accolades, status and social classification what would you be?
A man who does not know himself is dangerous man because, he is ignorant of his limits and he as no boundaries. He has no purpose, he as no vision, he has no direction and he has no discipline. Thus he/she irresponsible and he does not have control of his/her live.
Such people become slaves of everybody, people use their time, energy, talent, Brain to build their dreams. Their slaves to every whim, every trending thing, every season and every style.
But to be free you must know, who you are, once you know who you are you will know who you're not. Then you're first responsibility will be to be you. And when you're your. Your lifestyle will be truly unique because it comes organically from what you find naturally satisfying and fulfilling. If you live this way success and significance will be unique and different from that of everybody because it will be defined in your own terms. You will not be a victim of the system, successful on the outside broken on the inside.
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- Live with a purpose
When you derive your living from your purpose and not your purpose from your living, you will experience a different dimension of life. Because all the ineffective routines will have no place in your agenda, your purpose will determine how you do life not the culture around you. They say a man who stand for nothing will fall for anything.
Here is another quote, "if you do not know where your going any road will get you there" by Lewis Carroll. For you, how you live is not an issue because you live for nothing. But when you have a purpose to which you live for, there would one way you must live, if you're to achieve the purpose of your life. Purpose has it own demands and disciplines.
someone said no life grows great unless it focused, committed and disciplined, and its true without purpose you cannot have all these three ingredients which are necessary not only for q great life but also for a fulfilling and freer life.
- Refuse to be controlled by ineffective, distractive and limiting culture.
Productive life is intentional, thoughtful, daring and purpose oriented. It is business unusual. It does not fight against status quo because that would be a waste of it precious energy and time, but status quo always fights it, because it seems people cannot handle someone who know where he is going and why.
People are used with the normal and their ready to kill for it. They turn normal to be an Oracle. They forget that life is dynamic and people are unique. Learn to question how and why do things the way you do them, you find out your neck deep sinking in the mud of ineffective culture. The practice that once where the real deal now are ineffective, they no longer enhance effectiveness but they kill it.
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Second, We also live in the age of so many distractions and disruption. But if you want to be free stay grounded, there many places to go and be but you cannot be everywhere, many books to read but you cannot read all the books, many things to do but be good and successful at something you need to choose. It is the same with gadgets, cars and furniture. Even in relationship, there many beautiful women and handsome men out there but you can only have one partner for a strong, healthy and meaningful relationship. So do not get distracted stay grounded. Because distracted people are never free people.
Lastly on this third step is, watch out for cultural limits, let your potential, purpose and mission limit you not the culture. Do you know even the laws can be changed or made to accommodate something new? Laws are made to be upgraded or completely changed. Why not culture. It is said we should think outside the box, there's a culture box that has enslaved many, but refuse to be its next victim, push the envelope, break the glass ceiling, kick the door, take a leap, come on!.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Said if you can't fly run, if you cannot run walk, if you cannot walk crawl, do not stop do something always, because your freedom is priceless. Culture does not care how much you can, it does not know your dream it has no respect for your potential, its only mindful of its sense of order.
Sub conclusion;
I will stop here for today, I will talk about the remaining three steps in the next post, please bear with on this.
With this three steps I have shared with you start claiming your birth right, of personal freedom.
Thank you for you time.
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