Freedom is like taking a bath — you have to keep doing it every day!
—Flo Kennedy—
Nothing stands still. Change is the law of life. We may sometimes feel that our
personal gains have to be won over and over again. But looked at from another perspective, that’s not so: our solid personal gains are the ones that no one and nothing can take away from us. They are tools for continued growth. Jobs, lovers, houses may change, but serenity and freedom of spirit are within our power to achieve—to maintain or give away. Freedom means choice: our choice of what we do with our bodies, our money, our lives. If we decline to choose, the choice will be made for us. If we don’t us or claim our freedom, we are giving it away. Our lives need our active, creative participation every moment.
Like bathing, I must daily exercise my freedom. No one can do it for me.