Insecurity

Insecurity...insecurities, we all have them. Even the most confident of us has an area of life or things in life that they are insecure about. Don't believe what some people tell you. In our heart of hearts we all have them. Thing is, in essence, they are all ridiculous.

What are we afraid or insecure about? Is what others think that important, in the overall scheme of things. It is not they that have to live in our skin. It is not they that know our experiences and how they have shaped us. It is not they that must reconcile what we do and the consequences of the actions. It is not they that have to lay down and night and rest in ourselves. So why do we care so much about what they think. Why do 'they' (note my first usage of quotes in this post) play any role in our decisions?

And if you consider the impact insecurities have on our relatively short life, why do we allow them to have any role in our life. Freedom, I think, is the opposite of insecurity. In freedom, we can become whoever it is we wish to become. In freedom, we don't exclude ourselves from experiences we want to behold. In freedom, we don't limit the depths of our relationships. In freedom we can be. That is not to say we shouldn't freely limit our freedom to those desires that don't result in negative impacts to others. Obviously, we should consider both ourselves and others. The point is that only in freedom can we truly experience the life we have been given.

How many of us live in freedom?  I suspect not many and that is, if you really think about it, ridiculous.