FREEDOM

Daily writing prompt
What does freedom mean to you?

Freedom is the ability to do what one ought to do. Freedom does not mean that there are not limits. Imagine a person acting with no limits. They get angry with another person and kill them. Are they free to do that? What about the freedom of the victim?

Thus freedom is limited by what is right and true. True freedom, then is the ability to act within what is right and true, to allow a person to do what they ought to do. That freedom has no negative consequences to anyone else. The existence of that freedom, however, benefits others.

True freedom allows us to create. As long as that creativity is based on what is right and true, it benefits others, either actively by providing goods or services to others, or passively by representing a view of what is right and true to others, which can inspire them in their own creativity.

True freedom does not come at the expense of others.

Published by Steve Satterly

I am 59 years old. I am a husband, father, and grandfather. I'm semi-retired but serve as an analyst for Safe Havens International, the world's largest non-profit school safety center. I am a published author, national-level presenter, and school safety researcher. I love writing, ornithology, military history, chess, and Manchester United soccer.

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