Why People Hate Freedom, Beauty, and Truth The people around you, including the older generation and your parents, likely live without feeling free. Most have handed over their choices to someone else, ignoring their right to make their own decisions. When you refuse to do the same, it makes their surrender more obvious. If they see your freedom, they must face their own loss of it. Admitting this betrayal is tough; they convinced themselves and tried to convince you to do the same. Your freedom makes them confront their own wrongdoing, hidden behind a false facade of love, which maliciously harms everything it touches. I have seen this upclose and personal. People who wish to see me contribute to a debt refuse to renounce their obligation to the debt. They would rather see me acknowledge the legitimacy of the debt than to acknowledge their ignorant stupidity in ever accepting it as valid. Voltaire once said “Man is free the moment he wishes to be”. You always have a choice of whethe
Here’s an exercise anyone can perform. Notice the events of your life and your own thoughts and actions in them. Write down these events without any commentary. Then write out the answer to the following prompt. “I am living my life as if” or “in that moment, I was acting as if…”. Be honest with yourself as if you were a character in someone else’s story. Does your character have integrity? Are they consistent? Are they noble, evil, small minded, selfish, or heroic? Does your character have a moral compass? Do they follow it consistently? How do they respond when they face adversity or success? What do the actions and words of your character reveal about their heart? Where is your character heading? What is their story arc? What direction do you see things going when you perceive it going well for you? If you follow it all the way, you’ll find your character’s version of heaven. What direction do you see things going when you perceive it going badly? If you follow it all the way, you’l