Free The Ones You Love

The only person you can control is yourself.  Personal liberty is a journey that people must not only discover for themselves, but must also guide themselves through.  One person may not take the same path as another because ultimately it’s about finding your own way, and finding your true individual self.  That isn’t to say you couldn’t be someone’s initial burst of truth, but seeking answers is up to each person on their own terms. 

Unfortunately there are minds that will always be trapped, whether it is in statism or other abusive systems, and you sometimes find that love is just letting go.

All people are free to take the chances that they think are best for them.  Anything you have to say in regard to that choice is just opinion.  Your two cents may be from experience, and you may think that mistakes are being made, but ultimately you have no say.  Not even in your child’s life, because the life of your child is not your own. 

The idea of love is to let people be free enough to choose their own life.  Freedom is the chance to fail.  Failure is the chance to grow.  Growing is the chance to understand the next logical step to better decisions. 

But saying all that doesn’t mean there aren’t times to step in.  Love is also volunteering your help, time, value, and sometimes a part of your own life to others.  The risk you take in helping somebody is your own.  Being selfless can result in gratitude, it can result in respect, and it can result nothing.  The help you give is about the decision you made without any coercion or force.  The results are never perfect, but loving those closest in your life is never easy.  Loving others means taking on burdens, whether it is the time you say “no”, or the time you say “yes.”

There is great responsibility in your own actions, especially those that affect others.  The most useful step towards greater freedom in your own life and in the life of others is through an understanding of the non-aggression principle.  If you expect to be treated peacefully, you should take the same action with respect to those you love.  If you are attacked, defense should be held in just as high of standards, but the ethics of freedom is letting go of ever being the attacker.  Liberty by example may be the strongest attribute in freeing the ones you love.  The strongest aspect of personal liberty is being able to share it and spread it without having to force it beyond your own life. 

The love of freedom is the freedom to love, and the more free you are, the further that love can spread.