This is something that I should have finished and posted a month ago. I started it and then got busy with things and forgot about it. However it does go some with the my earlier post today so I’m putting it out here now…
Something has been on my mind most of the summer, but has been brought to a head in dealing with my brothers illness and death last month.
Many of us talk about freedom: what can we do, what we cannot, what new law gubberment has come up with now, the morons in D.C., NAIS, RealID, the lack of unbiased news from mainstream media, corrupt figures in power - be it political or religious, on and on and on ad nauseam. These topics seem to be the main focus of our lives and daily conversations. I will be the first to admit, that I fell into this endless loop myself. Other items that seem to consume some people such as general politics, IP discussions/debates, religions, purity posturing, and crap, crap, and more crap.
WTF are we waiting for? What do you personally want to be freer in your life? What is preventing you from doing that? What would make things more enriching for your family? TPTB will never tell you that it is ok to live your life as you see fit. Go ahead, hold your breath until they do. They don’t give a shit about anything except more power, more control, more minions to bully. Why wait for them to give you permission to do what you want to do? Oh, I know there are issues with money in some of the things that you want to do, but I would guess that most of the drawbacks or excuses that people use are just that - excuses.
I completely include myself in the collective “you” I mention. I am in the process of trying to live more free myself. There are small things that I can do and then I have the larger goals such as getting the gulch and all that. Even though I do not have the funds to go out and buy 100+ acres of beautiful mountain land right now, there are small steps that I can take to get me closer to that goal. Paying off debt, learning skills that I will need in the future, working on projects at home for extra income that may be a primary income when we move. As long as I keep moving and keep the ultimate goal in mind.
I refuse to allow anyone to scare me into being a good little sheep anymore. I plan to live the life I want — not someone else’s version of what I should do with my life.
