Really ?We are all just prisoners here, of our own devise
Do you believe the little children in germany were prisoners of hitler "of their own device" ?
Really ?We are all just prisoners here, of our own devise
I think that's tyranny, not freedom. Someone who thinks they have nothing left to lose may doIt's probably been mentioned, but: "Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose." - Janis Joplin
That has happened a few times and I find it somewhat upsetting because now I know that I can’t have an open and honest conversation with that person.
People seem to think their conversations, test results, diagnosis and so forth is "private" with their care provider/doctor. Little do they realize the paper they signed title 'privacy or confidentiality of information' or something like thatPrecisely I've had the same thing happen to me when I felt I was talking in confidence to someone, so I'm very much more guarded now, and keep it all in my own home.. with family only..
What's the connection?I used to believe I was but since 9/11 I am not so sure.
Woke... are the people who have taken over the world with their outrageous self sense of what's right and wrong.. it started off as folks against discrimination and prejudice, and has become anything at all that people take offence at.. vould be that your next door neighbour feels that you growing blue flowers is against his principles, and will report you to the housing committee.. and have you pull those flowers up..Hi Holly - can you please explain what you mean by "Woke" and "Snowflake?" I do get the concept of BIG Brother, haha.
I'm very tight-lipped. If you tell me something is to be kept secret, I'll keep it between you and myself. The irony of this is, twice in my life when I was told to keep a secret and did, the secret-giver scolded me later saying something akin to: "I figured you would tell so-and-so! Really? You were counting on that? Go figure. /-;I know! I always assume when I have a conversation with someone, that it's inclusive, between the two of us.
Then other people come up and repeat the conversation. If I had wanted them to hear it, I would have told them.
Slightly disconcerting!
Wow - This is beautiful, Ronni! I read a book that said these things once, circa 1970's, but not as concisely. I'm going to copy and paste for a bit of self-therapy!Lots of doom and gloom in this thread!
It’s become a hackneyed phrase, but it’s a personal truth for me. Freedom is a state of mind. Making the choice to become untethered from the need to control outcomes has been expansive and liberating for me.
Everything outside of myself is beyond my control. The only person I can control is me, which means I am entirely responsible for my reaction/response to them.
When the news of the world starts getting me down, I simply unplug from it and stop reading and listening. I personally, by myself, can’t control the prevention of a nuclear war, another Covid outbreak, one political party or another gaining power, so I unplug because I don’t have the power to control any of those outcomes. Following those stories makes me unhappy so why would I do that to myself?
Freedom for me is found in letting go of my need to control, which is where many of my anxieties are seated. I only have control over myself and my reactions to external circumstances. I find freedom in going with the flow of the things I can’t control or just ignoring them. It’s breaking free from society’s expectations and living a life that is meaningful to me, no matter how it may appear to anyone else. It’s fully embracing the idea that what others think of me is none of my business, and no longer caring what they think.
Ignorance of things one chooses to ignore can, in fact, be blissful if it’s mindful, thoughtful ignorance.
In the world we live in, all around us.Lots of doom and gloom in this thread!
To give credit where it's due, Kris Kristofferson wrote those lyrics.It's probably been mentioned, but: "Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose." - Janis Joplin
I don't look at it that way, @Ruthanne. My perspective: I'm free to pretty much do what I want, go where I want, and take certain risks if I so choose. No, I don't shop at 2 AM, but that's because it doesn't seem prudent, rather than because I'm prohibited from patronizing 24 hour stores during the wee small hours.Oh yeah, I'm certainly free. I can walk down the street....I am free to get assaulted by gun or by people, I am free to get robbed, I am free to be spied on any time of the day on the internet, I am free to get gunned down by a lunatic at any time, I am free to watch the news that puts me in perpetual paranoia, I am free to keep fearing world wars coming at any second and there is just so much more!! This is all said with a hint of sarcasm which I'm famous for.
I’m old enough to remember that some freedoms in America were more available based on the color of your skin.I'm old enough to remember when America was free.
One could think and feel what he wanted, say the words aloud to anyone without reprisal.
One could write what he wanted without being censored , without being demeaned.
Something that a lot of people don't realize (or want to realize) is that being old enough (especially if you don't have kids or kids willing/able to help you) can curtail your freedom. Some people--one of whom is my huzz--absolutely refuse to accept that things are different and therefore need to be handled differently now that we're old (not just older but old). So the answer to my pleas that let's consider this or that to deal with this, I get, "No, no, no! We're not there yet; well, I'm not anyway!" So, where I see a loss of freedom, he ain't seeing sh*t.
In grade school and high school 'we' might all have thought similarly, not yet knowing nor even being aware of either the truth nor the "other side" , the things we learned shortly in or after college.I do remember a time in the twentieth century when we were more of one heart and one mind moving towards greater freedom for everyone. We weren't so easy to push around back then and I do dearly miss that time because we were so much closer to capturing something we'll never lay our hands on again.
The manipulation has been going on since Adam and Chavah (Eve), seen greatly increased in the last hundred years, very dramatically the last ten years and especially with the so-called man-made epidemics/ politics/ drugs/ financial empires in control.I feel manipulated by entities beyond my control, as most of us are, except the wealthiest who make their own choices.
Hint, hint, yes, of course. What they call it this year ? Total reset ? It has happened and is happening.are IMO a hint to the "New World Order"
Believing that as long as you stay quiet is okay.I believe, more and more that money, wealth and the powerful run everything. In fact, I just believe it.
Exactly what those in power and control want everyone to believe - Look what freedom we have given you , they say, smiling nicely to our face while preparing the sword to stab us in the back.I do, but some are in their own self imposed jail.