They say freedom isn't free. It certainly wasn't for me. It came at a great cost.... or did it?
In my family, what makes a person valuable is how much money you make, the degree of your personal sacrifice working a job, your beauty, and your things.
What my soul yearned for was freedom. Adventure. Fulfillment. Loving, deeply satisfying relationships. Realness. I wanted to know what was real. I wanted to live.
It never felt like there was a choice between the former and the latter. My heart did not let me choose what it saw as bondage. It's wasn't an option. I had to make my own way.
It was difficult. The most difficult thing I can imagine. With no signs to follow, I had to eke out my own way. Looking back I'm amazed at what I did merely by the grit of my teeth.
The biggest sacrifice was my family - who I loved dearly. I lost every single one of them. My grandfather staying up many hours with my husband pounding him about responsibility was the last straw. We up and left, and I never looked back. And I never heard from any of them again. It was a turning point; a statement about my self respect; a statement about my own power.
They don't value my voice, my freedom, my power, my choice. They loathe it. What is a relationship if it doesn't hold up and honor these things?
We don't lose anything when we choose freedom. Not really. Things only fall away that are not us. So don't be afraid to follow your heart. What's true stays. Sometimes you're left with a completely blank slate.
Your soul is free. It wants to be free, and it knows how to be free. If you'll just give up the doubt and struggle and let your heart speak to you, you can avoid the many years of pain and suffering I endured as I found my way and built my own path. Celebrate your soul freedom.
Freedom is not a sacrifice, and it is not difficult. It's only difficult to work against yourself. Freedom is your power. When you embrace your self and let it shine through and guide you, you are the most powerful force in the universe.
Celebrate in your freedom. There are no shiny things, no respect from others, no safety or comfort or sense of certainty that can even come close to the feeling of shining your freedom.
Freedom isn't free. It will cost you everything that's not you. You may even die - to who you aren't and who you thought you were, that is.
Choose freedom.
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