Are you truly free?
- Chan Crawford
- Mar 2, 2018
- 3 min read
...I mean really free.
We’ve been skipping along (or perhaps crawling for some of us, eh?) in this life with this idea of what freedom truly means. In my opinion, freedom means the opportunity to live, work, and explore in a harmonious space.
While the definition of freedom in the dictionary tells us it is, “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint”.
I’d have to say I agree with that. AND while we live in America, where we have more freedoms than many, there are still conditions in which we have no choice. We must work to eat, and we must eat to survive. So while we can work in a place that gives us joy, we don’t have much of a choice to work. Whether we make passive income like the wealthy, or we labor away at the hours until we make ends meet, we must work.
So the only freedom of choice we have in that way is to choose the way IN WHICH we work. Location, interest, and work environment can play a role in that. I’m sure some of you can relate to the many negative experiences we can have, as we enter and settle into the job world.
We also have a choice in HOW WE RESPOND to the conditions given to us. There is so much complaint in the modern work world, and in our 9-5 duties, it barely compares to our ancestors who worked 7 days a week --often since they were a child, until the day they died. They didn’t nearly have as much leisure time as we do. They did a lot of hard labor, and many of our young men were deployed to the military, where they were forced to face a threat to life, EVERY DAY.
…and let’s not even start on slavery…
Not only that, but we also have so much choice in relationships these days. Marriages were
based on survival, partnership, and procreation. So often, people were arranged to be married, or just grew up with someone and married them because they were companions. It helped to stick together, and like our old time classic woman , Tina Turner says…
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
We focus so much on what we think is love in relationships today, that marriages fall apart like quicksand.
:::crickets::: ...yeah...
So when we take a look at our lives, what do we really have a choice in? Do we consider ourselves to be free? If not, what would it take to get you to that place? What does that life look like for you?
Okay, so now that you have envisioned that for yourself…
What will it take you to get there?
My Challenge To You
I encourage you to take stock of the restrictions in your life. Finances, job dissatisfaction, chaotic home life, toxic relationships…all of these apply and more. Then you need to paint a picture for what your life would look like, if you were free from these things. Some people call it a vision board. You can write a list or talk about it with your loved one. Whatever you have to do to make it happen, go!
Life is too short for you to live life feeling trapped, and unable to do the things you would love to do for yourself. It’s too short to live your days in bondage, believing that you can’t have things, when you absolutely can. I am living proof.
If I can go from a burning car on fire in the middle of the freeway, to a lupus diagnosis, and through attempted murder from an ex…to a self-owned business, a few degrees, and a place to live that I love…than you can certainly make this list.
Ready, set, GO! Take action, and start chipping away at the life you want for yourself. Any other way is just an excuse 😉.
With love and presumption,
Chan at the [BOG].
Your Deceptively Old Soul
& Transformation Coach
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