Daily writing prompt
What does freedom mean to you?
Seems that today's prompt should be a relatively simple one to write about. Well, it appears it isn't. At least for me.
I think part of the problem or issue might be, that we go along in our daily lives and routines and don't spend too much if any time at all thinking about "what freedom means to us?" I suspect that this is very well the case in most free and democratic countries.
The concept of freedom could be applied or examined in countless ways.
For example, one may define freedom as living in a free and democratic country. But for someone else, they may be thinking of freedom as in I am now retired and have freedom from a five-day-a-week job. Others may be thinking of freedom from children in the house and they can now tackle other pursuits.
Freedom can mean many different things.
Nevertheless, for many, including myself over the years, just simply living and getting by day-to-day took all the energy and commitment one could muster. Not much time left to think about freedom, when your days are full to the brim.
Perhaps freedom, given in this "vague notion" becomes hard to define. We know that we have freedoms or we live in a "relatively free society" but it is hard to quantify. I do think we all know very much when freedoms are taken away or threatened.
The pandemic of a few years ago brought that squarely to the attention of all of us. Restrictions on movement and other restrictive issues made the issue of freedom or in that case "lack of freedom" very clear for the most part.
So, however, how one defines freedom is one thing. The important issue is not to take freedom for granted and to protect it as best we can as individuals and as a society.
The freedoms we enjoy can be here one minute and literally gone the next. And when that happens, how many of us will wonder, "What the hell just happened?"
--as always with love--
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