What does freedom mean to you?
The other day I saw this and started thinking about it. Just recently India celebrated Independence day, August 15th and US celebrated its independence day on July 4th. To my grandfather who walked in freedom marches with Gandhi against British Raj, it meant a very valuable thing. Early on he taught me to never take my FREEDOM for granted. I am not sure that back then I fully understood what he meant. But now, the more I live, I realize its meaning each day more and more.
Look around you or just listen to the news. You hear about ISIS killing Yejidis, persecuting them, Israel striking Gaza etc.. You hear about women and children being sold into slavery for sex trades. Makes you realize that some of the basic rights we take for granted, to be FREE!!!!!!!!! Of course there are some sorts of dependence or addictions that some are in bondage of, ex: drugs etc and they too are not free.. Each human being struggles with this definition of freedom.
But one thing for sure with freedom comes individual responsibility. What are we doing with this responsibility. Are we making sure, we are carrying our responsibilities or are we just existing and occupying space? Are our actions in someway helping release some captives?
