I am Motivated Because I am Free

Isn’t it funny we have have freedom, but we talk about it all the time? Sadly many others simply just dont have it.

We are often not free even though we live in and are citizens of a free society.

I know people who stay married to people that make them miserable and then complain about it because they are not free. They don’t realize or understand they have the freedom of choice. They can go get help through counseling, or decide to end that marriage. But they decide to do nothing, and are enslaved by their own apathy. Its a real shame.

I know people who hate their jobs, but will not make changes because they fear change or just don’t think that they can do better. They do have a choice and can change their work and career if they choose to. But they make the wrong choice. Sad but true.

I know people who tolerate cruelty and mistreatment by family and so-called friends. They tolerate it for years, because they don’t think that they have the right to demand respectful treatment. They put up with the negative behavior.

I know dozens of people who choose to accept their circumstances because of their past, present, or future, and are stuck in a rut. They dont know they are in a rut but they clearly are.

Please I beg you to realize that we have the right to freedom, which means the right to consciously choose. That is a right that is given, but it is our choice to take that right and exercise it now, today.

Our happiness is based on the the ability to be able to choose. People can exert their right to be whatever they can dream. We can choose to reinvent ourselves mentally, spiritually, emotionally, financially and socially. We have the freedom to change from a biker to a banker if we choose, and banker to a bouncer if we choose, a bouncer to a ballet dancer if we choose, a ballet dancer to a bowler if we choose. It is really beautiful to have freedom and the ability to choose when we want.

Shawn is a energetic professional speaker and author of The 10 Foundations of Motivation. He is known as an expert in Leadership development For a wealth of resources and tools on leadership go to http://www.sldoyle.com He is the creator of Motivation Nation the amazing #1 motivation group on Linked In.