“Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no
burdens.”
GAO
XINGJIAN, Nocturnal Wanderer
This Quote is quite apt for the freedom that I feel should
be there, how many of us really listen to heart and perform? The constant
dilemmas between what our head states and our heart demands is a very regular
rendezvous which keeps happening for even a smallest thing.
Freedom to some may be for speech, for innovation, from
people, from various small things… But is it the real Freedom? I constantly ask
this question to myself, and hence the weirdo in me is still very much
alive..crazy…insomniac…and child like.
En route to freedom is achieved through various sacrifices,
Sacrifices for the Country, people you love, for work that you do, sometimes
even by surrendering yourself completely is also freedom which might
philosophically be very different from slavery. Sacrifices for a larger motive,
for a better life, for a better partner, for working in better company – Yes
this is Freedom.
This is what I love about the quote mentioned above, let our
heart leads us to freedom from every burden of judging people, making opinion
without knowing their stories, passing unpleasing remarks and spreading
negativity – In workplace, in personal lives, and everywhere else. Most of our
problems revolves around these areas – and still we don’t change and create
Freedom.
Why freedom should be more like how we have experienced it
as a child, unaware about the fears, oblivious of what people will think about
us, unmindful about eating the way we wanted to…laugh on even the smallest
thing which looks silly now, wearing what is required and not what others will
approve of….Innocent, fearless, Charming, without burdens – That’s Freedom
How often we accept what people tell us about ourselves –
without introspecting, isn't that the constant burden of being alive but being
controlled by someone else.
How often we put restrictions – rules, policies, processes,
regulations, laws and what not – Is this how we were created? I seriously doubt
that otherwise why we would love to Break rules and dream of living a break
free kind of life but yes not without values and morals.
Alas! Many of us even put restrictions on eating on time…and
not when we are hungry…think about it, is this freedom? We restrict ourselves unknowingly and therefore we don't even realize kind of robotic lives we have started living in. When was the last time you did something just because you wanted to...without thinking of implications - Let's do it and enjoy freedom.
Bludgeoning ourselves with the thoughts full of unconstructiveness….envy,
pride, jealousy, fear, revenge and what not? Yes some may argue that this is
like living like a saint and not human…but here is the answer to it - when we
were born, for some years we did not experience any of these – And yes this is
how we are ‘CREATED’ to live freely – That is what FREEDOM is – and this is
what FREEDOM means to me… J
