Only those who have been in shackles or in pain can know and appreciate the beauty of freedom when they smell it. Just like the little bird on the electrical wire in the picture, it can choose to stay there for as long as it wants or flies away. As humans, I believe we all want to be free... Well, I want to be free. Free from any bondage and just be at peace because I have smelled the fragrance of leading a peaceful life, and I want it.
However, there are many downsides to this, especially in my country where peace is underrated by our leaders, so they gave us the opposite. Inflation of goods, their corrupt practices, and their kleptomaniac fingers that are always in action.
Having to face these things is chaotic to my mind, and I really want to be free from them. And the truth is, I can still help it as long as I am not;
Outside
Eating rice is now is more like chewing gold, and going out would mean I would have to see this and countless others
Staying at home helps me accomplish this as I would not have to see what's going on outside the world. This makes me really give accolades to monks. Yeah, you know how they just find a mountain to practice asceticism to just stay off things from the mundane world?
Yes, I feel that when I am indoors and all to myself with no distraction. And this practice really seems to work things out because staying that way and clearing my mind of mundane thoughts of the world, I feel silence! Like, it is like the world just stood still. Unmoving and yet the sound of nature is present. The way the wind gently hits my window pane, the harmonious chirping of birds, the mild penetration of the sun inside my room as I breathe in and out quietly like I am in the library.
That feeling screams freedom to me, and I love it so very dearly.
With my phone
That period of perfect sanity of not being with my phone or earbuds to listen to music when nature's tunes are right by my side.
Not being able to view what's on my phone because that would mean having my peaceful time disrupted. There's a lot going on in my country right now that a click on my phone would mean seeing the news, and the news isn't pretty. The killings, lies, and so much more taking hold of the citizens who have gone to protest. I wrote about it yesterday, and today is another day to continue.
Thinking, but reminiscing about a particular past.
Yeah, for some reason, after having the talk on knitting yesterday, I haven't been able to take it out of my mind. I kept on remembering those days when holding a knitting pin and wool worked magic on my soul. And the thought of relearning and starting my knitting journey once again purifies my soul.
I just couldn't help the smile that graced my lips as I was transported to a fascinating moment of me knitting with a cup of coffee beside me and I am so happy and fulfilled that I can't just wait to start again and enjoy these feelings.
Engaging in these activities helps make me feel free, and I love practicing them even before my body calls for them.
This is my response to Minimalist community prompt on Freedom Friday
Images used are mine and video from #YouTube
Still yours truly,
Balikis.
Thanks for reading and listening.
Peace be unto those who crave it and more to those who chase it away.