Freedom Friday

Today, the Americans are celebrating their Independence. Many would be celebrating it in traditional ways - family get together, picnic, parade, barbeque at the park - with fireworks and all to cap the day's events. All in remembrance of the sacrifices of the heroes of the past that fought for the freedom of the oppressed and the enslaved.

However, as time passes, people's understanding of freedom and independence has changed, and sometimes abused.

Our society has grown to become liberal and relativistic in our perspective of things that sometimes I wonder how I will teach and rear my children in this age. I fear that there will come a time where people will question many, if not all, facets of life and social order. People will come to believe whatever they want to believe, black will become white and white will become black, depending on one's choice on how he perceives things.

In order for us to truly enjoy freedom, we have to understand that all things created, tangible or otherwise, have limits. Even our understanding of things are limited by what we knowledge and information we gained in our own lifetime.

Further, to truly enjoy freedom, we need to see and understand that there are absolutes in this universe. There's right and wrong, black and white, logical order of things, etc. These absolutes do not exist to suffocate us or limit our enjoyment of things. On the contrary, they help us to live our lives free from regrets and disappointments.

Enjoy your freedom wisely!

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