Melissa M. Shepherd, Marriage Family Therapist Newsletter
Freedom is...
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June/2013
When you reflect about freedom, what thoughts and feelings come up for you? Perhaps there are infinite ways of speaking about freedom...Let's reflect on our sense of freedom: Do we feel connected to it or allow it to be sabotaged?
 
Freedom is...
Heart song

 

 

 

















*Freedom is in fearlessly letting ourselves be who we are,
no matter whose feathers it may ruffle.

*Freedom is in the life-long journey of defining ourselves.

*Freedom is in allowing ourselves to go with the flow of life, rather than resist what's outside of our control.

*Freedom is in realizing what 
is in our control.

*Freedom is in letting intuition guide our steps.

*Freedom is in being moved by what stirs up our passion.

*Freedom is in our openness to consider alternative points of view and expand our own, given more information.

*Freedom is in welcoming mistakes and calling them gifts to our growth process.

*Freedom is in allowing curiosity and wonderment to be those childlike qualities that keep our eyes fresh and heart open.

*Freedom is in following our heart's desires.

*Freedom is in treating ourselves and others kindly.

*Freedom is in knowing that to experience serenity is our right and choice.

*Freedom is in revering the sacredness of our bodies.

*Freedom is in recognizing the abundance of ways of giving of ourselves to the world.
 
*Freedom is in letting our imagination, dreams, ideas turn into experiences that are in service of humanity. 

*Freedom is in appreciating the exquisite uniqueness of everyone's gifts, such that we live in collaboration, instead of competition.

*Freedom is in pausing to take in the "big picture" over and over and over to remember that all the resources needed to make a difference are available.

*Freedom is in replacing "yes, but" thoughts with "yes, and" thoughts.

*Freedom is in transforming our view of obstacles into challenges that invite the best in us to move into a higher version of ourselves and succeed.

*Freedom is in knowing that we're here to thrive, not just to survive.

*Freedom is in allowing others to be who they are, acknowledging that they have their own journey, 
relinquishing the insistent need to have them see things our way.

*Freedom is in celebrating who we are becoming.

*Freedom is in the confidence, groundedness, elegance and centeredness of standing for something, rather than in the angst of fighting against something.

*Freedom is in clarity of speech to express our thoughts and feelings, while honoring our dignity and that of whom we address.

*Freedom is in the laughter of a child and the ability to create one's joy through gratitude.

*Freedom is 
in singing the song of our lives.
 


Reflections...
"Follow the music of your life." 
Morgan Freeman

"The thing that sustained me was that my idea of myself was different from 
the idea that society, my mother, and even some of my friends had of me."
August Wilson
 
"To just stand and laugh and let life flow right through you. Just laugh to let 
yourself know you're alive."
~Bertha, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
 
"Seem like everybody looking for something...Say when you look at a fellow, if you taught 
yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on him...Now, I can look at you, Mr. 
Loomis, and see you a man who done forgot his song. Forgot how to sing it. A fellow 
forget that and he forget who he is. "
~Bynum, Joe Turner's Come And Gone
 
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Here's to Love, Peace and a Life Full of Purpose!


Sincerely,

 


Melissa Shepherd