YOUNG AND FREE?

Years ago, I wasn’t permitted to go out alone, ride a bike without supervision, watch some tv shows, and even carry out a thorough self-care routine because I wasn’t “old enough” to do those things. It felt like I was boxed in – like some sort of controlled person. I fantasized about what adulthood will be like; freedom, comfort, joy, fulfillment, and so many other beautiful feelings. I couldn’t wait to finally be an adult – why didn’t someone tell me 😦

I spoke with my peers and apparently, this was a lifetime we all looked forward to. You finally get to do what you want without any choking supervision or question. Live that dream life!

Years passed, and the zealous, enthusiastic children, waiting for “adulthood” are now grown young people accountable for their thoughts, actions, decisions, and even expenses. Who thought it’d be this difficult? Where are the aunties and uncles we admired from a distance, those alive and free young people we sought to be like? What aren’t we doing right? Or is this a different adulthood, because…?

Well…

The real adult view of freedom is not what we envisioned – doing whatever you please.

what then can we call freedom?

Freedom is taking responsibility for your actions, being calculating, independent, strong-willed, diplomatic, brave, courageous, and every other possible synonym you could think of. Freedom is intentionally being the real you because you have nothing to prove to anyone. It is growing from a point of randomness to specificity. Freedom is paying attention to the other view of a situation and carefully choosing what you’d go for. Freedom is owning your life; being in charge and being fully responsible for every decision.

The misconception of freedom has made several people think they aren’t having a part in freedom, and that has birth statements like, “Adulthood na scam”. But if you ask them if they’d love to go back to childhood, they’ll scream loud “Noo”. That’s not them being confused about what they want, it’s just the misconception.

young and free?

You have an insight at this point regarding this question.

Are you truly free? Taking full responsibility for your life.

Are you not yet free? You aren’t in control yet.

Or are you scared to embrace freedom? You’re nervous if you’d do great or make the wrong decisions? You never know until you try. It’s okay to make mistakes, they help you learn.

Embrace freedom, explore freedom, and be free. You are young and energetic, I know you’ll do great.

“The world belongs to the energetic.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

xx

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