Freedom

I think that today, being the 4th of July, is an appropriate day to contemplate freedom. I just finished my run and spent most of the time thinking about the freedoms I have and praising God for granting them to me.

By the end of my run, I realized that I feel freer today than I have in a long time. I feel free to feel, to think, and to mostly just be me. I have been speaking with a few key people in my life about some issues, grief, and feelings that have been building up inside me for a long time. I am feeling freedom from lies that I have believed. I am feeling freedom to say what I think and feel what I feel. I am free to feel differently, relate differently, and care about different things than others.

It is so great to live in freedom!