Today is Sunday July 4th 2021. I prefer to call it INDEPENDENCE DAY instead of the ever so popular “4th of July”. By ignoring the proper name, I’m sure there are millions of folk that just think of it as a summer day to cook out and have parties, without ever giving thought to why. 245 years ago today the Continental Congress declared independence over Britain’s rule. That is why we are a nation run by the people and for the people with many freedoms to live according to our own design
What could be more positive than that? In the not too distant past, being a free person was all one needed to be happy and joyful. Nowadays, so many of us may be free technically according to the constitution, but we live in the bondage of our minds. If our own fears are not imprisoning us, perhaps we are shackled by runaway debt. Maybe we are even incarcerated by envy, jealousy, greed and indignation. Is hatred and racism, or malicious claims of it handcuffing us from feeling the joy of our freedom and unity? Suffice it to say, there are a myriad of other ways to be in bondage than the mighty foot of dictatorial rule. Most these freedom robbing conditions are self-imposed and more deadly that oppressive governing. We allow it in, hell, we practically invite it.
These days it almost seems as though the Government is trying to keep us fearing each other based upon our opinions and beliefs. The media is certainly sowing seeds of terror and tragedy. No one watches touchy feely stories of good people being good to people and enjoying it. No; Death, panic fear, anger hatred is not only all we are shown, but almost everything is spun to highlight that aspect of the story. No wonder we do not feel free. Fear is the antithesis of freedom. Keeping us in fear, in debt, sick, overworked and angry, has us turning control of our lives over to the predators that feed off us.
My Article is “Positively Speaking” as is my FB page and my Blog “Positively John” You would think I am ecstatically joyful, blowing sunshine and daisies out my butt all the time wouldn’t you? To be honest, I have fears, I have anxieties and I struggle just like most, perhaps even more than most. The media and life in general beats me down, and at times I am not sure how much I can take. The truth is I write this stuff as a means of trying to keep myself from falling into the abyss that lies ahead. Some days it is enough, others are not so sunny.
The one thing I know for sure. Turning over our minds to the material “They” are exposing us too is a recipe for disaster. No one will have to fire a shot to put us in bondage. We will walk into the cell and put on our shackles eagerly. This is why I try as hard as I can to share the understanding that we are each the arbiters of our own outcomes and designers of our destiny and it all starts in the mind. “What you think about the most becomes real”. The Government, our employers, the media or even our family cannot decide if we are free or in bondage, only each of us individually and independently can declare our freedom. The Continental Congress did not usher in the freedoms we enjoy. The minds of free men did. Only those that wish to be free and are willing to fight the demons that attempt to shred our peace and unity, by being free thinkers and focusing only what brings us joy, will be.
Many are imprisoned physically but are free in their minds and souls. Sadly though, millions are free physically and in bondage far worse than gov’t or institutional incarceration, they are hypnotized by mob mentality and conditioned to blindly follow the flocks.
As you think back to this Day of Independence, set yourself free. Positively Speaking, you are the only one that can!
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