be a rebel WITH a cause

woke up in the sweltering stickiness of this once-more horrifyingly humid morning that promises a prison of plus-100 degree temperatures...found myself feeling trapped in this even in the early dawn half-light...opened my journal and ferociously, defiantly wrote this affirmation:


I AM NO SLAVE

spidering out from this statement, i expanded this idea...:
[i am no slave] TO THIS HEAT
TO EXPECTATIONS
TO FEAR
TO THE PAST
TO HABIT
TO DOUBT
TO "THEM"
TO MYSELF
TO WHAT "IS"
TO BULLSHIT
ETC
ETC
ETC
ETC

and finally:

I HAVE CHOICE. I CREATE MY REALITY.


what is on your FREEDOM list? what are the attachments, the weights to which you feel bound and enslaved? ARTICULATE them, CONFRONT them, DEFY them, DISSOLVE them. NOW [even if this takes air conditioning or stripping down and running naked through the sprinkler, in the case of the oppressive weather!;}]

and here is a little piece of wisdom to illuminate this idea further...the first part is from a gem of a book that i've discovered recently-- it stands as part of a series called "girlosophy"...this particular title is "the soul survival guide" and i recommend it EMPHATICALLY to every woman-- from her early teens upward in years...it's not only GORGEOUS but wholly inspiring...--the second portion is a quote that author anthea paul includes in her text.

"The HUNGRY SPIRIT is a rebel with a cause. If you want to know the meaning of your life, you are going to have to design a higher purpose for it. The spirit within is hungry and you must feed it something more than mere existence for it to flourish. BELIEVING in something and ACTING on that belief will nourish your soul...

'sow a thought, and reap an act,
sow an act and reap a habit
sow a habit and reap a character,
sow a character and reap a destiny' [huston smith, 'the religions of man']'"


so go shake your chains, because they only exist as long as you believe in them; you, not they, shape your destiny.