Sweet Freedom
Like the famous question of “to be or not to be”, it’s almost meaningless to discuss if we humans have freedom or not. It becomes meaningful when you discuss it with a smart teenager like Rachel, who has further articulated her statement of freedom to me.
As far as I can see, many people are trapped forever in the pursuit of freedom without ever forming an ability to enjoy what is there within the limitations and restrictions. Therefore they are never able to break free of their own restrictions and limitations let alone those imposed upon them.
Yet, whether a kid is hopeful or not to obtain a comfortable degree of freedom depends entirely on how much he or she identifies, accepts and deals with limitations and restrictions along the way. Who doesn’t want freedom when it sounds so sweet and out of reach?
As far as I can see, many people are trapped forever in the pursuit of freedom without ever forming an ability to enjoy what is there within the limitations and restrictions. Therefore they are never able to break free of their own restrictions and limitations let alone those imposed upon them.
Yet, whether a kid is hopeful or not to obtain a comfortable degree of freedom depends entirely on how much he or she identifies, accepts and deals with limitations and restrictions along the way. Who doesn’t want freedom when it sounds so sweet and out of reach?
posted by minimum at
9:37 PM
1 Comments:
WOOHOO!
I got mentioned in one of your blogposts AGAIN!
I always feel so special. This is an interesting way to keep in touch - and quite frankly, I love it! Especially of your adjective use of "smart" before my name. Glorious - absolutely glorious.
Now, I want to dig deeper into this topic: How freedom relates to many, many things.
Such as stability and happiness.
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Now, it has come to my attention, that former president/prime minister [whatever] of Russia, Putin, had given practically no freedom to the citizens of his country. However, he HAS done loads in benefitting the structure of the country, but by doing that, he also brilliantly managed to take away its freedom.
He says, "Stability and security over freedom."
Now obviously, to obtain freedom, you must be given the rights you deserve and have freedom of speech and to do (almost) anything you are able to.
Where you are free, are you truely happy? Is happiness only temporary? These are questions you should ask yourself daily.
I don't think anyone is TRULY happy for the rest of their lives. What kind of a life would that be?
I don't think happiness can last forever; but I think I'm simply accostomed to thinking like that simply because of the society we live in, and telling us nothing ends with a happy ending, and happiness doesn't last forever.
Humans have limitations and restrictions, but we have as much freedom as the next person does, and the most we can do with it, is fulfill as much as we can, and take advantage of the opportunity.
It makes me think - is the way we're living the REAL way to live. Are we really living the proper life?
I mean, if you've read Brave, New World which introduces the concept of a picture-perfect society, you just look at it in disgust and think, "That's not what a proper society looks like; everyone in that book is HAPPY - that's not right."
But what really IS right?
We think THIS is right way of living. They think that THAT'S the proper way of living. (THe people in Brave, New World- which I can recommend to anyone who can handle the content.)
Now, in the 21st century, unless you're seriously messed in the head, I don't think everything will be absolutely perfect.
It was barely perfect in the past, I understand, but I have the feeling that we're going above and beyond what we can all take. Therefore, happiness is something we can't grasp.
I, personally, don't think that anyone is always happy. But humans, being perfectly normal might I add, want everything they don't have. And yes, humans strive to be happy. For every moment of the day. I, sometimes, go out of my way to make myself happy. Being happy, is something that humans strive for, no? Now, I want to make a point here. If we, as human beings, the most powerful thing living on this planet, strive for happiness, and everything we don't have….Doesn't that make happiness something we don’t have? Something that can be SO artificial, and temporary that people will end their lives because they are convinced, once they are dead, they will be free, and respected.
I think that's crap, to be quite honest with you. But I won't really go on about that.
We THINK freedom is there when we see it. BUt how do we really know what true, pure freedom is? Everyone has their own amount of freedom in their own circumstance, but where do we, humans, draw the line?
Thanks for reading, Auntie Min.
-Rachel
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