Nine times outta ten, most people would probably say that they wish they could have total freedom. But when given such freedom for real - be it winning the lottery, absolvement of responsibility, retirement etc. - nine outta ten of those people would probably find themselves at a loss as to the next step.
A student I once taught in Japan was a successfully retired businessman, 59yrs old and horny in that way only randy old men could ever get away with. He told me that pretty much most of his old buddies all died within the first few years after retirement. Probably outta boredom, there's only so much golf a soul can take.
A blank slate is just that, a whole buncha nothingness with nowhere to go. So when we say we want freedom, what we really mean is we want the freedom to define our own boundaries, and even then - most of us would require some perspective to figure out just what the limitations of those boundaries themselves are. The strong in mind are really just those who already know what they wanna do, they've already set their own path.
If you're ever lucky enough to get your own sense of "freedom" in your mailbox. Make sure you open it with a plan. Coz it might just be the death of ya...
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