Comments | nobodobodon: Freedom.

nobodobodon

Freedom.

Dec 02, 2009 23:05

I've been thinking a bit about freedom lately. Sometimes I don't feel very free. Between the kids and the job and the house and just the inexorable march of time and the aging and impending doom that come with it, I'm more aware than ever of external limits on my freedom ( Read more... )

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nobodobodon December 3 2009, 17:02:47 UTC

Well thanks! I think so, too, actually.

And as much as I might whine about how difficult my life is today or how challenging it's been at some points in the past, I've been having a pretty good time here on Earth.

oriori1 December 3 2009, 17:39:18 UTC

What?! This is Earth? Oh man, I must've gotten off at the wrong space port. When's the next HyperGalactic Zoomer due? I have an interview in 2 millennia in Andromeda 7.

nobodobodon December 3 2009, 18:13:34 UTC

2 millennia? Dude, you're so screwed. There's no way to get there by then.

silverize December 3 2009, 20:02:30 UTC

Whatever the hell it is, I see it in my son.

It might be unconscious imitation of what he's observing in you and others. Not that you're doing anything wrong, or even that it's a bad thing.

It's sad to think we can work so hard to liberate our children, only to see them live so long in their own shackles. Frequently people have to live out their own lessons before they're really grokked. It took overcoming my own personal hell to understand my dad's PTSD ( ... )

sea_of_change December 3 2009, 23:53:46 UTC

To turn limitations into tools and challenges into insight and growth.

Yes.

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nobodobodon December 4 2009, 17:22:58 UTC

Thanks!

I've been communicating online with your friend Becca. Well, until I said "Oh, it's your fault I didn't say goodbye to Apple." Maybe it's just a coincidence and she's AFK, or maybe she's real sore at me. Or scared of me. People should be scared of me, that's natural.

Happy Birthday man! ext_217428 December 5 2009, 22:03:04 UTC

I'm 2 years behind you.

Happy Birthday, peterfuhry December 7 2009, 03:10:34 UTC

and we are sorry we got a bad headache and missed your party. Freedom is an interesting concept. I think that caring about people and things places constraints on us. Like we care about our sons, so that kind of limits what we can do. I think that we just need to make sure we are constraining our behavior based on real things and not fake things. Like if I stay home because I think that going out will make my wife sad, that's OK but what if I am wrong about that and it won't make her sad? Or what if I dress in a suit because I think I will get fired if I dress like I want, in a clown outfit. I should make sure that wearing the Clown suit will actually get me fired before I constrain my behavior. But I think you are actually very good at this kind of thing.

Re: Happy Birthday, nobodobodon December 7 2009, 15:01:33 UTC

Thanks! I think there's still room for improvement, but it's something I've been working at for quite some time.