"Freedom
is a condition of your heart.

You can be captive amidst great
wealth and free behind bars. Do your fears, insecurities, beliefs and programs still control
the way you choose to spend your days? The true freedom in life is feeling free to think, act and speak
according to the dictates of your heart. So liberate your spirit from self-censure, self-judgment and anything
other than appreciation of self. Take a few minutes to appreciate the beautiful and ourageous
soul that you truly are ...And
then if you want to liberate your soul even further take a few minutes to think of someone you'd rather not and find
a way to appreciate them. This freedom to find loving allowance for all is truly the greatest
liberty of all."
— Ann Albers

  and declare your
independence from those
who regularly criticize, but fail to offer constructive
assistance.
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain ...
and
most fools do." — Dale Carnegie

FREEDOM
FROM ISOLATION
To experience the freedom that comes from the warmth and
companionship of sharing our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being
... we must allow others to get close. "Today, I will get to know the
real me by first taking a personal
inventory, then I will practice being completely honest
with another person."
"Despair and isolation
are my greatest internal enemies; I need to remember
I am not alone, even when it feels that way."

—
Audre Lorde

FREEDOM
FROM COMPULSIONS
To some degree we are all compulsive — ver-working,
over-spending, over-worrying and over-consuming in a variety of forms.
We believe that the only solution is CONTROL, but in trying to control our compulsions,
they inevitably control us. SLOWING DOWN creates a space that
gives us increased sensitivity and time for more positive thought
and action.
"A person
is rich in proportion to the things
he or she can afford to let alone."

— Henry David
Thoreau

Declare
YOUR independence from old patterns, habits, 'shoulds' and relationships or addictions that have limited
you. Determine to live your life to the fullest — to
explore your potential
and live according to your own conscience and highest aspirations.
— Want What You
Have —
Do What You Can — Be Who You Are!

Created from Info on Selected Websites
& My Own Personal Life Experiences and Philosophy
~ Chelle Thompson, Inspiration Line Editor ~