Always know that there is an inner freedom in every man.

Always know that there is an inner freedom in every man...... and this is the part that makes everything else that much sweeter..

At the core of our desire for freedom is actually a sense of LACK. Yes, it is ironic that our fuel for freedom comes from the very thing that makes us literally un-free. We become aware of this aspect of ourselves that feels constricted and restrained... that feels un-free, and so we seek freedom.

The challenge is that we want freedom from something. Usually we want freedom from ever working again, or perhaps freedom from having people abuse us physically or emotionally, or freedom from an oppressive culture, family, or government.

However, as long as we are fleeing from something, we are literally un-free. We lose our freedom simply by the fact that we must run from it... we are not free to choose to be with it.

Of course the alternative isn't very appealing either! After all, who really would say they want to go deeper -into- the very thing that they dislike? The very thing that takes away their freedom?

And yet, therein lies the real freedom... not to be free FROM anything in particular, but rather, to be FREE independent of the need to flee from or go towards anything in particular. True freedom is the ability to choose our inner experience... which may mean -choosing- to continue in a job you hate, it may mean -choosing- to spend holidays even with family members you dislike, or it may mean -choosing- the opposites... to leave your country, leave your job, or actively not engage with family members who are not respectful of you and your loved ones.

And freedom ALWAYS means choosing your inner experience.

Some of the most free people in the world found their freedom in jails, during wars, within concentration camps or internment camps...

"And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world."

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

"I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments."

"People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion."

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."

– Quotes by Anne

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