Friday, March 21, 2008

Essay Assignment 9A

The meaning of freedom
by Marshela Joti


Freedom, a word seen from different dimensions. A word of no boundaries, or at least hard to be seen and applied in everyday life. A word which carries a huge world in its back full of thoughts, ideas and people’s opinions, trying to define its meaning. A courageous step to take.

Freedom is like a world of dangers but taking different shapes in different people’s eyes. Something mysterious everyone wants to have but at the same time fears it. A fear which comes to the surface, as soon as unauthorized people take wrong steps. In other words when the meaning of freedom is mistaken.


When this happens ‘freedom’ is turned into hell and in front of you lays a world of difficulties, where decisions need to be made and destiny isn’t on your side. A more realistic example could be a person using freedom as in free to do everything, but this acquires self control and a formidable character, and yet freedom is more than that, more than something people want and try to manage their way.

More than that, freedom comes from inside the heart sending a message of life to the person receiving it. Such a person’s place belongs to a quieter world, a meaningful one where sense is found everywhere and freedom lays magically and affects every aspect of life. Everything reaches its optimum value and you suddenly ask yourself the question, “where have I been?”


In other words true freedom is a status of mind where peace is being present and you feel free and sure about your aims. Following every step one by one by the most logical way you think, and what you’ll get will be the boundary of your true freedom, something precious and tremendously valuable. The meaning of freedom is much more sophisticated than what people think it is, you have to look into yourself, deep inside and you will automatically understand it.

To me, freedom is a synonym to the word happiness and as every other thing in life it has to be earned.