The Ulimate of Human Freedoms

In my early 30s, I read Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning for the fist time.

I remember reading it and having one of those kaleiscope shifting moments that changed me completely.

It blew my mind that someone could be a prisoner in a concentration camp and at the same time come to the understanding that he could choose how he thought. That he could be in hell, with suffering and death all around him, not in control of anything in his outside world, and still have this amazing insight.

That the one thing no one could ever take from him was his choice in how he responds to life.

As Frankl said, this is the ultimate in human freedoms.

Thinking for ourselves, tuning into our own inner guidance, and choosing our own way.

Opting out of victim mentality and giving our power away.

Remembering the truth of who we are at the core.

Remembering that we are powerful beings.

And that no matter where we find ourselves, we get to choose how we react to anything that comes our way. 

We can slow down, get quiet, and check in with ourselves.

Let that inner place of insight take the wheel.

Our innate intelligence. Our wisdom. That knowingness that each of us came to this planet with.

The amazing inner power and freedom that each of us possesses.

A Manifesto for Love

We come home to our beautiful selves.

We know deep, deep within ourselves that our power is here with ourselves in this very moment. We recognize that we are the ones that know what’s best for us. We pay attention to our amazing, wise selves. We show up with love and tenderness and openness. We remember our divinity, our innate goodness, our truth.

We tend to ourselves.

We pause and notice what’s here. We meditate and practice being aware of what’s going on, without judgment. We break the habit of self-criticism and create new neural pathways. We lean into the mystery and the magic that’s here at any moment. We ground in our own power.

We honor how far we have come.

We become intimate with our own journey. We accept where we are right now in this moment and honor all of what’s come before — with compassion, wisdom, and gratitude.

We live from the inside out.

We think for ourselves. We know what truth feels like in our bodies. We remember our freedom. We connect with our inner peace, calm, and love. We know that the only way to truly show up for others and impact the world is to show up for ourselves first.

We create beautiful relationships with ourselves.

We have our own backs. We allow ourselves to fail and start again. We trust ourselves deeply. We are gentle with ourselves.

We heal.

We feel what’s here. We allow our trauma, our programming, our conditioning to make its way through. We show up for ourselves as loving partners.

We open our hearts.

We allow others to be just as they are. We love deeply and we love ourselves even more when we can’t love. We create strong boundaries as an act of love to ourselves and others.

We remember our divinity.

We remember our powerful connection with divine spirit. We harness this power and strength to co-create beautiful lives.