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Avalux

(35,015 posts)
19. Freedom DOES exist.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:52 AM
Sep 2014

But it can't be given to you by an outside source, or other people. Freedom comes from learning to control your thoughts, and no matter the external circumstances, making yourself happy. That is really the only freedom there is.

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Well, that took a delete_bush Sep 2014 #1
What a cheerful thought! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #2
Oh, right, it's September Recursion Sep 2014 #3
What George said easychoice Sep 2014 #4
Spurt? n/t Oilwellian Sep 2014 #5
Well, Vine Gatherer Sep 2014 #6
I totally reject such a limiting view of life. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #7
A rebuttal in the form of another video... ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #8
eris is everywhere undergroundpanther Sep 2014 #11
An apple a day keeps the fnords away. :) nt ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #12
Loki? Is that you? Initech Sep 2014 #9
I reject dystopia. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #10
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meh, hit and run post. nt Javaman Sep 2014 #13
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Freedom DOES exist. Avalux Sep 2014 #19
Poem littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #20
Perfect. Avalux Sep 2014 #21
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Doooooommmmmm. Gloooooooommmmmm! FSogol Sep 2014 #23
Not when The Man is holding you down, dude (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #24
no one can be completely free as complete freedom results in encroaching the rights of others La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #25
But we're living in the land of the free and the home of the brave tularetom Sep 2014 #26
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