This week we celebrate freedom in the United States of America, so I decided it’s a good time to celebrate my freedom.
I am grateful to live where I am so free. I am free to vote for who and what I want to. I am free to love who I want to. I am free to choose the food I eat. I am free to choose the kind of work I want to do. I am free to believe what I want to. I am free to drink fresh clean water. I have free time and can do what I want to in that time.
When voting, things don’t always turn out the way I would want them to, but I am grateful to be able to take part in the decisions.
I love unconditionally, and I am thrilled to spend time with those I love the most.
With eating, I choose healthy, non-processed foods, and when I shop at farmer’s markets and produce stands, my food bill is much lower, and I am much healthier by eating yummy fresh fruits and vegetables.
I have worked in many fields in my life from nursing, to teaching, to writing books, to being an entrepreneur, to theatre, to owning a café an cantering, to being a vegan chef, to owning an ambulance company. I love them all and am grateful for the variety of experiences.
I am a spiritual person grateful for meditation, recording my gratitude, living by intention, doing affirmations, praying, and not judging anyone’s beliefs.
I am thrilled to have ready access to all the good, clean water I can drink, bathe in, and use.
I love my free time to use creatively in the arts, to spend time with people, and to serve my community.
Though I miss my sweet husbands on holidays, I take time to reflect on the fun we had on the holidays we shared, and I am grateful for my freedom.
I am free in body, mind, and soul. I am free to take good care of my body by eating wisely and exercising. I am free to take good care of my mind by reading and being open to learn new things. I take care of my soul by doing my daily spiritual practice, by staying in integrity, and by loving unconditionally. I am grateful to be free!
I encourage you to reflect on your freedom this week, too!
“I encourage you to reflect on your freedom this week, too!” Thank you, Emily. In the words of William Glasser, I have a “high need for freedom.” That’s personal freedom; being able to spend my time how I want to spend it and to have time to/for myself. I am fortunate to be able to exercise that freedom within the marriage I have with Judy. She gets me and understands my needs. I am very fortunate. xoA