Free and Unfree!

Yes,  thinking a lot about "freedom." In so many ways we are not free. We are captive by our genetics, by our biology, by our history, by our circumstances. Yes, we can sometimes push against our restraints, we can sometimes "rise above," the realities of our existence, but there are hard limits to who and what we can be and do. For instance, we will not be sprouting wings and flying over the city today.

But we are free in our minds, in our imaginations, in our thoughts, ideas and feelings. Ideas and dreams rise up inside us. They may be influenced by our genes, our biology, by our circumstances, but they are not bound by them. They are truly unbounded. That is where our ultimate freedom resides.  Freedom is found in what we think, what we imagine, what we dream. And this guides us in what we do. This is "ground zero," for freedom. It's all in our heads.

We can think and say what we want. We can do what we want. 

"If my thought-dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine." - Bob Dylan