Free Beyond Me
Spiritual Saturday Prompt: Freedom

Above the water in a cloud floating and reflecting free to reach down connecting, paths intersecting with careful selection, only when electing
Freedom(n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. Ayn Rand
Free from others opinions, judgments, and givings being my own abundance
Everything can be taken from a man but…the last of the human freedoms- to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Victor Frankle
Circumstances dealt in some respects but reactions are real I’m free to control how I feel
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi
My feeling of free can be stolen away by fear if I avoid mistakes growth makes my freedom real
No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free. Buddha
Floating in the cloud gives space to recognize the voices from me sorted from the outside it’s clear to see being myself is worth a try
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. Virginia Woolf
Now that I am free it is up to me to keep me in line nobody else will be checking on me I am my own responsibility
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela
Paths are connecting and intersecting this is where I am working for the common good it is not just my freedom but the freedom of all that I am guarding
Thank you for reading! Thank you Darshak Rana for the prompt on Freedom for Spiritual Saturday!
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