What the world needs most at this time is free human beings—for each and every one of us to fully realize that we’re not mere consumers, or wage/wealth slaves, or pawns in geopolitical games; that we’re free to find peace and happiness.
That we’re free to love ourselves, as we are.
That we’re free to love others, as they are.
That we’re free to cherish the animal and plant kingdoms, to stare in wonder at the stars and the moon above us.
That we’re free to step into the big messy void of uncertainty and heal the wounds we’ve been carrying around for so long.
That we’re free to trust our creative longings and potential.
The current system asks us to go along with a spirit-crushing program that denies/attempts to deny us these freedoms at every turn. The results are devastating. On a personal level, many of us feel that something’s missing but we don’t know what it is or how to find it. On a collective level, we are feeding the twin beasts of war and exploitation.
What the world needs most at this time is human beings who believe that we’re all free to feel ALIVE.
To know ourselves, from the inside out.
To wholeheartedly confront the ways in which we suffer so that we can undo our addictions to conflict and violence.
To nourish openness in the mind, spaciousness in the heart.
Here’s to our happy and peaceful freedom in 2016.
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By: Kimberlyn David
Kimberlyn’s mission is to bring transformative approaches to work, leadership, and changemaking. Along these lines, she guides retreats, teaches emancipatory yoga, and develops communications and wellbeing initiatives for ethical brands. She contributes to Metta Center outreach and educational programs on a regular consultative basis. Learn more about Kimberlyn on her website: kimberlyndavid.com.
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Kimberlyn, I agree. I think the greatest barrier to this freedom of which you speak is the loss of our memory of belonging to something much greater than our fragile and limited selves. What’s needed are practical strategies for recalling that sense of belonging. I’m reading Gandhi’s collected writings on prayer, and I think he nails it. No matter our state of belief or unbelief, the practice of prayer is essential to life.
Beautifully put, David. I’m committing 2016 to investigating freedom more fully, initially through a personal lens with meditation, reading, walking (to me, these are forms of prayer). Who knows: perhaps I’ll find myself expanding on these thoughts here… Wishing you well.
lovely.