Comments on: Independence found, freedom fostered

By: Leann

Leann — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:08:02 +0000

I thought I would be free when I left my abusive husband but found that I was still restrained by the thoughts that continued with similar pattern. Stepping out in faith, being free to think, and do, and say was an empowering feeling.

One can be imprisoned in their body yet the mind has the freedom to roam.

By: RhodesTer

RhodesTer — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:51:08 +0000

Hi.. how are you? I’m fine, thanks. Yes I AM comment testing on your new host and template.. how did you know?

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:34:49 +0000

A mere few paragraphs in breadth, and yet a novel in substance. Again.

Sorry it has taken me so long to make another appearance in your comments, but know that I’m around! Great improvements on the blog design as well! Love ya ]

By: coffeecupkat

coffeecupkat — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:54:33 +0000

I love independence, but more and more, I’m thinking that interdependence is where it’s really at. Great post–a lot of deep ideas to wrestle with there.

I tend to think that free will is available to all, but practiced by few.

By: Dee/reddirtramblings

Dee/reddirtramblings — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:46:27 +0000

I love the Franklin D. Roosevelt quote. Freedom is a wonderful thing that we should never take for granted.~~Dee

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:51:46 +0000

That was a really great post. Usually I only lurk here, but since I flat out told you I was coming to read, and you’ve actually inspired a (completely unrelated) post, here I am in the comments area for the very first time.

I’m not sure how free I am, but you have me thinking about it. That’s a pretty good start, so thanks.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:28:34 +0000

For some reason, I’m not up to commenting tonight, so I choose the freedom to lurk.

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:29:45 +0000

Oh crap, sorry about the bad HTML!

All fixed; it was Blogcast’s fault so no apology needed, nor would there be even if it was bad HTML. However, it’s not & tis yet another reason I c[ould]n’t wait for the migration to WordPress which is finally about to happen[ing].. YAY!
Dorian |_|) Life’s too short for bad code.

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:28:28 +0000

Great food for thought, thank you. It's funny, I thought we would find real freedom once we decided to take our long sabbatical. And we did know that feeling really well for a while, not working, not answering to clients or bills or all the other daily drudge for almost a year. But it was only a fleeting feeling, as all we were really doing was avoiding the inevitable; making a decision about what kind of work we want to do next, and where we want to live. Big questions I would like to avoid for a while, but my responsible self won't let me. Now that these big questions are pressing us as we go into the 14th month of our sabbatical and money is getting tight, that feeling of freedom I thought we had, is dissipating. Now I'm feeling a little panicked, and not so free anymore. I guess I'm going to have to buck up, face reality, and look for that feeling of freedom from within now, which takes more work, for sure. Thanks for giving me something to think about. You rock.

By: Lorie

Lorie — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:47:33 +0000

I meant to share this with you just now but since you weren’t feeling well I forgot and it seems to fit with the topic. I think you can also free yourself by letting go of certain dreams you can now accept are not the right ones-as this frees you up to more heartily pursue the right dreams. Through my frustrations with deadlines and working under other peoples rules as I work for the newspaper, I have realized becoming a screenwriter isn’t for me and to let go of the that dream. While I may just play around with it as a hobby from time to time it will no longer be a pursuit. I am a novelist and that I can do with freedom-that is who I am.