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On the Other Side of Fear Lies Freedom
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery” and discover your freedom.
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
― Aristotle“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
― Nelson Mandela
Freedom is such a powerful weapon because once you realize how to truly accomplish this, the world will be yours. It took me a while to understand true freedom and I am still a work in progress. Consequently, on my journey to freedom, I am discovering more and more each day.
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
― Aristotle
In order to be free, you must overcome all obstacles that stand in your way, including yourself. Most of those obstacles live in your own mind and it’s up to you to decide to free yourself of them.
You question your actions out of fear and self-doubt, you shy away from your opinions. This is suffocating, I know this for a fact. When you realize that once you free your mind and get over all your fears, you will truly be liberated.
I am on a journey to freeing myself of all the bondages that have kept me “hidden” for years. I am finally expressing myself with words, a talent that I kept to myself out of fear of being rejected.
I was an Accountant, and my world was driven by numbers, but I am finding that words fill my spirit more. Being an Accountant meant a stable job for the rest of my career; being a writer means freeing my mind and expressing my true desires. I prefer to express myself with words because I overcame my fears and found my freedom. My hope is that you find yours.
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
You can’t be free without making mistakes because we are not perfect. As humans, we have to fall a few times before we get it right.
Just like the time as a kid when I first learned how to ride a bike. I fell many times and I have the scars that lingered to…
