The Freedom Game

The Freedom Game means not having to fit in — unknown DA

It takes courage to leave behind what’s not for you anymore. A lonely path to begin with. But, it gets better. You find better. You experience better. You become better. Because the longer you entertain what’s not for you, the longer you postpone what is. So, when everything changes, let it…. Why? Because there’s a price to pay for becoming “everything that you are” and that’s letting go of everything that you’ve been “told to be”. And becoming “who you are” is the real meaning of success.

Confidence for that comes from within yourself & not “buying” into having all the baggage that we’re “taught” we “must have” to be successful: the house, the car, the yacht, the expensive brands, the holiday house! Adding all these liabilities that tie you down, locked into a job to pay off debt on things you’ve bought just to “fit in” and “be accepted”, none of which you take with you when you die. If you have too much tied to you, “they” can take that from you. You will own nothing, including what you own but don’t have yet e.g. an inheritance, b/c we’re in a system that makes us pay tax on already taxed income & we just go along doing what we’re taught to do b/c that’s how it’s always been. Mad!

Instead, you just need to be able to do whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want, so long as you’re not harming others. That’s it. Once this becomes your benchmark, you’re free. You’ll pay the price of discipline & late nights working hard on what you want, work that’s often unseen, or the price of regret doing it for someone else. Much is given for you to achieve what you want, if you care to just look around. But much is required of you to stay consistent on that path, & that choice is entirely in YOUR POWER, not “theirs”!

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