The road to freedom...

Anger, injustice, parents, kids, too little money, too much responsibility, our job, unemployment, the government,  health challenges, road rage, interest rates, housework, bills...    Ask anyone you know and I bet they feel they are imprisoned by at least one if not more than one of the circumstances above.  Now check out this lovely lady on the left.  She is loosely bound with not a prison guard in sight, yet she has rendered herself immobile.  She's allowing all of those excuses that surround her to keep her a prisoner of her own mind.  She could easily maneuver herself into a position to remove the blindfold, so she can see the situation for what it really is, which, as we can see, is not as bad as she thinks it is.  So...just for kicks, lets remove our blindfolds for a second and really look at our prison bars.  Are others actions worthy of anger that robs us of our freedom?  Could each one of those swords represent the "I can't because..." syndrome, that saves us from having to make the decision to move through an uncomfortable situation to obtain our freedom?  I can't because I don't have the time..., I can't because of the kids..., I can't because I don't have the money..., I can't because I'm not well enough...

So what if we started lifting those swords out of the ground and used them as the tools to get us to where we want to be?  We could use one sword to cut the binding and another to carve some unnecessary chores off our daily "to do" lists.  We could pull out another to point the way to obtain the money we need to do the things we want to do, and we could pluck out yet another to use as a walking stick to move us further down the road we wish take.  There...now that wasn't so bad.  The key is to remember that anything is possible as long as we are willing to think about things differently.  When we view each and every one of our circumstances, good, bad or indifferent, as a stepping stone they take us to a higher place, with a better view of the bigger picture.

Freedom is about choice.  We all have the ability to choose how we view our lives and the situations we find ourselves in.  In the words of the Eagles        "Well I know it wasn’t you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn’t you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key"

When we figure this out...we will be free for the rest of our lives...  Here's to the power of choice and the road to freedom!