Free

What does it mean to be free?

It is to manage expectations and to let life unravel the way it is suppose to. Managing expectations does not equate to minimising responsible behaviour. Such would be impractical as the system of this life runs on the principle of accountability. We are accountable for our own happiness, for our successes, for our future and to a certain extent, the outcome of our decisions and actions. To be accountable means to take charge of our life within our capabilities and the means we have access to. To be accountable is recognising that we are proactive actors in our own lives. And hence to be free is to understand that we are gifted with this free will. And that we exercise our free will properly to make informed choices and to channel our energy for the desired outcome. May or may not happen the way as planned, but the beauty of this is to give it all it, and then to let nature take its course.

Because if we don't and we dodge what is to come and to twist and turn the very passageway that would allow the water to flow through smoothly, we sometimes find ourselves witnessing how this meddling only messes things up. And then we fall into the pits of disappointment, frustration and despair. 

Perhaps when we learn to be less of a control freak, then, that would feel more liberating.