Freedom : Walk where your heart leads you

“Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.”

GAO XINGJIAN, Nocturnal Wanderer

This Quote is quite apt for the freedom that I feel should be there, how many of us really listen to heart and perform? The constant dilemmas between what our head states and our heart demands is a very regular rendezvous which keeps happening for even a smallest thing.

Freedom to some may be for speech, for innovation, from people, from various small things… But is it the real Freedom? I constantly ask this question to myself, and hence the weirdo in me is still very much alive..crazy…insomniac…and child like.

En route to freedom is achieved through various sacrifices, Sacrifices for the Country, people you love, for work that you do, sometimes even by surrendering yourself completely is also freedom which might philosophically be very different from slavery. Sacrifices for a larger motive, for a better life, for a better partner, for working in better company – Yes this is Freedom.

This is what I love about the quote mentioned above, let our heart leads us to freedom from every burden of judging people, making opinion without knowing their stories, passing unpleasing remarks and spreading negativity – In workplace, in personal lives, and everywhere else. Most of our problems revolves around these areas – and still we don’t change and create Freedom.

Why freedom should be more like how we have experienced it as a child, unaware about the fears, oblivious of what people will think about us, unmindful about eating the way we wanted to…laugh on even the smallest thing which looks silly now, wearing what is required and not what others will approve of….Innocent, fearless, Charming, without burdens – That’s Freedom.

How often we accept what people tell us about ourselves – without introspecting, isn’t that the constant burden of being alive but being controlled by someone else.

How often we put restrictions – rules, policies, processes, regulations, laws and what not – Is this how we were created? I seriously doubt that otherwise why we would love to Break rules and dream of living a break free kind of life but yes not without values and morals.

Alas! Many of us even put restrictions on eating on time…and not when we are hungry…think about it, is this freedom?

Bludgeoning ourselves with the thoughts full of unconstructiveness….envy, pride, jealousy, fear, revenge and what not? Yes some may argue that this is like living like a saint and not human…but here is the answer to it - when we were born, for some years we did not experience any of these – And yes this is how we are ‘CREATED’ to live freely – That is what FREEDOM is – and this is what FREEDOM means to me… J

 Author

Archana Sharma - AVP Operations @plugHR