I exercise my power of choice. I choose freedom.
I am free neither in the past nor am I free in the future. My freedom is in the now. It is in the present. And no one can ever take away my freedom. Neither can anyone grant me freedom. For freedom is in my very nature. It is a part of me.
I may not have eternity in my hands but the sixty seconds I have, I am free to use them or lose them. I may not possess the wealth of the earth but I know that I have free access to earth’s greatest treasure that lies in human personality**.
I may not be able to control the events that happen in my life or to me but I have the freedom to choose what I do with them. I may be bruised, battered or broken, maimed, mangled or mutilated, shackled, shocked or shot but this I know that it is possible to find freedom within oneself.
I know that my freedom is founded on the choices I make. I am therefore conscious that at every moment I am free to choose either a course of action or a decision or an emotion or a response. The choice I make is the price I pay for my freedom.
I have learned that none but I chain myself, that none but I free myself. I now understand that true freedom is the light of the soul. It always exists. All I need to do is to remind myself of it unceasingly.
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From the creed of the Junior Chamber International : “We believe: That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life; That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations; That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise; That government should be of laws rather than of men; That earth’s great treasure lies in human personality; And that service to humanity is the best work of life.”
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Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves…Freedom of the individual is at the root of all progress. – Mahatma Gandhi
December 4, 2009 at 7:45 am |
Dear Venkata Vinay
Fortunately I read your penning, freedom. I feel we may be strangers to each other but our hearts beats for one, FREEDOM.
December 4, 2009 at 9:30 am |
Dear Riyaz,
I am thrilled reading your words on freedom. We are all related in the spirit of freedom. And thus none is a stranger. Beautiful words, Riyaz. Thank you.
Regards
Venkata Vinay
April 25, 2009 at 3:31 pm |
Great feelings & thoughts.
It reminds me of the sayings of the famous Philospher Rousseau.
Rousseau’s most important work is The Social Contract, which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order. It was at that time the most influential works of political philosophy in the Western tradition. The treatise begins with the dramatic opening lines, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they.” Rousseau claimed that the state of nature was a primitive condition without law or morality, which human beings left for the benefits and necessity of cooperation. As society developed, division of labour and private property required the human race to adopt institutions of law. In the degenerate phase of society, man is prone to be in frequent competition with his fellow men while at the same time becoming increasingly dependent on them. This double pressure threatens both his survival and his freedom. According to Rousseau, by joining together through the social contract and abandoning their claims of natural right, individuals can both preserve themselves and remain free. This is because submission to the authority of the general will of the people as a whole guarantees individuals against being subordinated to the wills of others and also ensures that they obey themselves because they are, collectively, the authors of the law.
While Rousseau argues that sovereignty should be in the hands of the people, he also makes a sharp distinction between sovereignty and government. The government is charged with implementing and enforcing the general will and is composed of a smaller group of citizens, known as magistrates. Rousseau was bitterly opposed to the idea that the people should exercise sovereignty via a representative assembly. Rather, they should make the laws directly. It was argued that this would prevent Rousseau’s ideal state from being realized in a large society, such as France was at the time. Much of the subsequent controversy about Rousseau’s work has hinged on disagreements concerning his claims that citizens constrained to obey the general will are thereby rendered free.
April 24, 2009 at 10:25 am |
very beautiful thoughts. I did not know you had a blog.
April 25, 2009 at 5:31 am |
Dear Ms.Sujata Sinha,
Thank you for your appreciation. Please visit this blog as I will am planning to update one post per week, given the work schedule.
Thanks and regards
Venkata Vinay