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The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order. There is a sense of freedom when life breaks the rules. When a person creates a story about how things should be and then reality turns out to be a shock to their preconceived notions, you can feel a sense of freedom.
This freedom is real freedom because it's not based on what an outside source has told you should be true. That's only temporary freedom. The freedom you feel when you break free of your stories is real freedom because it's within you.
It's you who has decided that the rules don't apply to your life, not some outside force.
Source: Around The Day In Eighty Worlds
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