Thread by @librarymindset

10 Lessons from What It Takes To Be Free

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1)Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone
planted a tree a long time ago.

2) True freedom means you're not concerned with other people's opinions, views, and actions. You also don't have the need to explain why your ideas and actions are the best.

3)Remember, being free means to live as you are. You don't
have to lie about who you are, what you like, and what you
do. Just be yourself.

4)Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom
involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of
responsibility.

5)Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

6)The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become
so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of
rebellion.

7)The purpose of life is
not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be
compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have
lived and lived well.

8)Freedom starts with knowing who you are and what you want.
This is your life, and you decide what you want to do with
it no one else can or should make that decision for you.

9)Freedom is to do what you want and to be what you are.

10)You can't please everyone. You can't make everybody
like you. This is your life and you can do what you want. If
you don't want to visit people's parties or gatherings, then
don't.