I know but one freedom

Pratiba Sopori

Sr.Academic Coordinator Springdales School, Jammu of our basic rights as humans.

"I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind". “Antoine de Saint-Exupéry"

Freedom is an innate right which humans have since their birth. Vague ideas about freedom expressed usually are something that can be touched, seen, felt or reached. Then question arises what exactly does freedom mean? Different people have expressed different opinions, definitions and thoughts about the idea of freedom. Some communicate in political sense, some talk about social freedom, some about personal independence and some define it as religious freedom. But the fact that everyone wants to be free, holds true in all cases. “The best road to progress is freedom’s road.” – John F. Kennedy Freedom is the choice to live one’s life doing what one wants, live where one desires, eat by own choice and learn what one’s heart aspires. This means it is not an undivided term but the freedom can Freedom is all a state of your mind. It implies that your mind is under no fear or compulsion of safety in life. It is non denial

applies to divergent aspects of life.

Some freedom is specific to the age group that we fall into. A child is free to be loved and cared by parents and other members of family and play around. So this nurturing may be the idea of freedom to a child. Living in a crime free society in safe surroundings may mean freedom to a bit grown up child.

Similarly to a youngster or a teen ager, freedom may be about hanging out with friends, enjoying group activities. Some teens may want to involve in social service and contribute freely to the cause of underprivileged or poor. It may mean freedom to them. Old people may seek security of health and life, spend good time with grandchildren, involve in religious and social activities and believe it to be their freedom.

Freedom is a way of thinking and understanding world around, and each person understands it in his or her own way, and of course all of us have own understanding of it. And each of us are well within right to fight for freedom of our own . In broader sense freedom is actions of individuals who don’t need to ask themselves “why?” and just do things they love to do. Freedom is the absence of borders; you can feel freedom in your mind and freedom around you. Imagine that you are at the mountain peak and the world is a small point at the bottom. Do you feel freedom surrounding you? I can bear that you are! That is the real freedom which has a smell of wind and mountains, the skies in front of you. Birds are free to fly anywhere, and I can say for sure that you can also choose your own route. So freedom can be connected with anything, either actions or thoughts and each person free to express his or her freedom if it doesn’t limit or violates the rights of others. Freedom is around us, and our understanding of this word is different but always closely connected with people around us. Freedom to choose, freedom to do, understand, think, get or any other verb we can insert after the word freedom. It is great to have freedom and a lot of people are still fighting . And I hope they will soon get it in one or another way. The world without freedom is too cruel to live in, and if I had no freedom, I would probably be depressed with its absence.

Pratibha Sopori