"Every man dies...but not every man truly lives"
Almost everyone I know remembers this line from the movie "Braveheart". William Wallace utters these famous words just as he is about to face death. He would not plead for his life. He knew that if he did that, he would be declaring himself a slave to a king unworthy of allegiance. He died a free man. He died...living.
I wonder how many of us are slaves to something we can't beat. An internal bondage very few know about. We coddle it, we take it to therapy...we give it "time". We give it power. Instead of ending what binds us, we plead for it's end. Sometimes it is in fact as easy as saying "no" or "no more". I want to live life without restraint...not for malice but real freedom. Freedom that allows me to sit still for days on end if I choose to. That is real freedom. Try to sit still for 5 minutes...what binds you will become apparent quite quickly...
One day, I will truly live...
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