Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it. Unknown
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As an individual, you can’t be free to do what you want all the time. What happens when you try? You don’t like it. You may not like the reality of your life. You may not like what is happening in your life.

You are stuck in a world that will never change no matter how much you wish it would. Freedom is a heavy load, but it is also a choice. It is a choice to do what you want without always having to see the consequences of your actions first.

You can choose to follow your heart or to follow your head, but you can’t do both at the same time. And if you are always trying to lead with your heart and always following with your head, you will never know what will happen if you take a chance and follow your heart. That is why freedom is so hard.

That is why it may seem impossible at times. But if you are willing to take that chance of being free, of following your own truth, then maybe one day you will find the answer inside of yourself, and maybe one day you will find happiness anyway

Source: The Tombs Of Atuan

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