Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Art of Freedom

Freedom is a personal thing.

Freedom is an open door, but you must walk through it.

Freedom is a ladder, but you must climb it.

Freedom doesn’t mean you can do what you please, but it does mean that there isn’t anything holding you back from striving to make your finest dreams come true.

Freedom is yours now, this very minute, and what you do with it is up to you. You can aim at the highest goal.

Freedom is an invitation to be creative-to paint, sing, carve, write, build, according to your heart’s desire.

Freedom is the opportunity to dedicate your life to the service of others.

You can follow your gleam wherever it leads.

Freedom is your right to be yourself, to make mistake, to fail and try again.

No failure is final: freedom always gives you another chance.

Freedom is blessing to be shared.

The fruits of freedom depend upon the interaction of the thoughts, ideas and ideals of men.

Freedom is a wide horizon gleaming with promise.

They only chains and shackles you must break are within you.

You practice the art of freedom when you make the most of all that freedom offers.

Written by Wilfred Peterson in 1960.