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Originally Posted by tahoe58
good and thoughtful piece. thanks for sharing this with us. in my view.....freedom leads to choices, and choices lead to happiness. happiness in the moment, and aware of that moment, because the next moment is something different. those that feel bound by the availability of hoices, always seem to see happiness as a beyond, and not as a now. too much of the world is busy doing, and not spending enough time being. I have chosen to spend the rest of my life being, and happiness has followed me on that path.
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That is very true, i must try to emphisize that point (choice) more definitively, choice is crucial to the idea of freedom. Have you read ... i forget the title now, but it is basically living in the now, as oppossed to wanting anything in the future. Be grateful of the moments you are living now, not dreaming of future happiness. Happiness is a choice this book continues to say, and sometimes it works, but i can't see myself choosing to be happy when my whole family just died. But if the kids left a huge mess in the kitchen trying to help, it is a choice to be happy and allow them to help you clean it up. Relativity is surely another key to happiness.