FREEDOM. Core value for me. And such a little tricky word for so many, 'cause it's easy to misinterpret its meaning. It's also "funny" to think about the freedom now when most of the world is in quarantine due to the pandemic...
So what exactly is the freedom? Simply said: freedom is to be whatever the hell who you are, where you are, at any given moment. No matter the trends, mainstream things, social rules, all those "musts/do's and don'ts". That means: to love man or woman (yes no matter your own gender), to be vegan or carnivore, to love dogs or snakes, to lift weights or do yoga, to choose your own religion or be atheist, to love luxury or not to care about branded things, to work from home or surrounded by dozens of co-workers, to have kids or cats, to love silence or loud music... Or anything between those defined things. Because it just feels right, not because you care about what other people will say or how they will see your choice. It means to hear that little wise voice inside of you (also called intuition) that we so successfully learned to shut down, and to follow its guidance. To be the grandest, the biggest, the strongest, the best you can be, because that's how you serve the world.
Most people associate freedom with money and they are so wrong. Yes more money can give you the freedom to enhance and up-level your life, but only if you already have some direction and wholesome personality (or at least you work on it). It will never be enough to compensate the lack of the same. It's not about the external material things, it's about the felling that certain things awake in us.
Preferring freedom doesn't mean being irresponsible or immature. Rebellious yes, in a certain way, but only if your life choices don't hurt physically/emotionally others (to be clear: their true self not their ego!). When you accept to be all that you are, you instantly accept other people exactly the way they are. They don't bug you, they don't bother you, you're cool with them no matter how different they are...
Personally I could speak/write for days about freedom and its meaning, but you also came here to read some inspiring quotes. So let yourself be inspired by the words you'll see below, and feel the new level of freedom!
SLOBODA. Vrednost koju cenim iznad svega. I pomalo zeznuta rec, zato sto je lako pobrkati tj. pogresno protumaciti njeno znacenje. Takodje je "zabavno" razmisljati o slobodi sad kada je vecina sveta u karantinu zbog pandemije...
Pa sta je zapravo sloboda? Jednostavno receno: sloboda je biti sve sto jesi, tu gde jesi, u svakom trenutku. Bez obzira na trendove, mejnstrim stvari, socijalna pravila, sva ona "smeti/morati i ne smeti". To znaci: voleti muskarce ili zene (da, bez obzira na vas licni pol), biti vegetarijanac ili "carnivore" (tj. jesti samo meso), voleti pse ili zmije, dizati tegove ili raditi jogu, izabrati religiju ili biti ateist, voleti luksuz ili ne mariti za brendirane stvari, raditi od kuce ili biti okruzen desetinama saradnika, imati decu ili macke, voleti tisinu ili glasnu muziku… Ili bilo sta izmedju ovih definisanih stvari. Zato sto je osecaj ispravan, ne zato sto vas je briga sta ce drugi reci ili kako ce videti vas izbor. Znaci cuti onaj mali mudri glas u nama (takodje zvan intuicija) koji smo uspesno naucili da zakopavamo, i da pratimo njegove direkcije. Znaci biti najgrandiozniji, najveci, najsnazniji, najbolji sto mozemo biti, jer tako sluzimo ovom svetu.
Vecina ljudi asocira slobodu sa novcem, i skroz grese. Da, vise novca vam moze dati slobodu da unapredite i upotpunite svoj zivot, ali samo kada vec imate neki pravac i kada ste celovita osoba (ili barem radite na tome). Ali novac nikada nece biti dovoljan da kompenzuje nedostatak istih. Zato sto se ne radi o spoljasnjim materijalnim stvarima, radi se o osecaju koji te stvari bude u nama...
Preferirati slobodu ne znaci biti neodgovoran ili nezreo. Buntovnik mozda, u odredjenom smislu, ali samo ako vas zivotni izbor ne povredjuje druge fizicki ili emotivno (da rascistimo: njihovu istinu a ne ego). Kada prihvatite da budete sve sto jeste, momentalno prihvatate i druge ljude takvi kakvi jesu. Ne smaraju vas, ne smetaju vam, prosto ste ok sa svima ma koliko drugaciji bili…
Ja bih licno mogla danima da pricam i pisem na temu slobode, ali vi ste ovde dosli i da procitate neke inspirativne citate, za ne? Tako da vas sada pustam da se inspirisete recima u nastavku, i da osetite novi nivo slobode u svom zivotu!
"The secret to happiness is freedom. And the secret to freedom is courage."
"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle. Some things are within your control. And some things are not." (Epictetus)
"Freedom is being yourself without permission."
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." (JFK)
"And then there is the most dangerous risk of all- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." (Randy Komisar)
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline." (Mortimer J. Adler)
"The meaning of happiness consists in three elements: freedom, gratitude and the sense of wonder." (Alan Watts)
"It's not the money I'm after. It's the freedom. My goal is to live the life on my own terms."
"Freedom isn't what we are looking for. It's what we already are deep inside."
"Many will choose the stability of slavery over the uncertainty of freedom."
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." (Hans Christian Anderson)
"Sometimes you have to loose your mind to find your freedom."
"You don't give up freedom in relationship. You gain the freedom to be your best self." (Evan Marc Katz)
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." (Abraham Lincoln)
"Freedom is not about the size of your cage or power of your wings or non-attachment to a person or a thing. Freedom is about being so truly, madly and deeply attached to your own soul that you can't bear, if only for a moment, a life that doesn't honour it." (Andrea Balt)
"I prefer dangerous freedom to peaceful slavery." (Thomas Jefferson)
"The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free." (Steve Maraboli)
"Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning."
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." (Stephen Covey)
"Integrity gives you freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide."
"Freedom comes when you are able to be as you are and allow others to be as they are." (Abraham Hicks)
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." (Soren Kier)
"You come home, make some tea, sit down in your armchair, and all around there's silence. Everyone decides for themselves whether that's loneliness or freedom."
"Measure your success by the growth of your freedom." (Yung Pueblo)
"Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery." (Wayne Dyer)
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." (Bob Dylan)
"Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you unleash." (Harriet Ruben)
"Tame birds sing of freedom. Free birds fly." (John Lenon)
"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." (Albert Einstein)
"Freedom lies in being bold." (Robert Frost)
"There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky, and you ask "What if I fall?". Oh but my darling, what if you fly?" (Erin Hansen)
"It is much harder to live a life of freedom and self-rule than to be ruled by others." (Mordechai Kaplan)
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." (Malcolm X)
