| Ought, should, must, need ... ick! All those words define | | | | exercises your freedom muscle. This exercise |
| our lives in terms of the things we have to do. There's | | | | teaches you, over time and day by day, that you are |
| not a whole lot of choice in those words, right? And | | | | not totally limited by the demands of life, that you do |
| how much of our unhappiness with our lives stems | | | | have choice in your life. As time goes on, if you are |
| from a feeling of limitation or lack of freedom? We | | | | truly dedicated and consistent in this exercise, you will |
| have to get up at a certain time in the morning to | | | | find that your beliefs about life will change. |
| make it to work on time. We have to do as our boss | | | | |
| says. We have to pick up the kids after school by a | | | | The Freedom Exercise |
| certain time. We have to maintain appearances. We | | | | You might think at this point in time that you have to |
| have to pay bills. | | | | work hard to succeed in life. Practice the freedom |
| There are so many things in our lives that we can't | | | | exercise for a while and see what happens to that |
| control it can sometimes feel as though we are living in | | | | belief. Over time you may come to find that you don't |
| a box. So what can we do magically to bring more | | | | want to work hard to succeed in life, and that you |
| freedom into our lives? How can we live life on our | | | | don't have to either. |
| own terms rather than on life's terms? | | | | We live the lives that we believe we have to live. If |
| Living Life on Your Own Terms, Magically | | | | your beliefs change so will your life, and this little |
| Simple. Make a practice of doing something everyday | | | | exercise is designed to peck away at those beliefs, to |
| that life doesn't make you do. Pick something, anything, | | | | melt them away over time, until you can live your life |
| that you don't have to do and do it everyday. It can be | | | | on your own terms. You didn't come to planet Earth to |
| anything. Learn three words in a foreign language | | | | play life by someone else's rules. You came to make |
| every day. Get up 20 minutes earlier everyday and do | | | | up your own rules. So start today by making your own |
| absolutely nothing. Read two pages in a novel. Learn | | | | game of life. Just do one thing every day that life |
| yoga. Take up underwater basket-weaving. Whatever! | | | | doesn't make you do and revel in the freedom of it, |
| The point is to everyday exercise a level of freedom | | | | even if it means making an extra effort at first. The |
| that is outside the "oughts" and "shoulds" of life. It is an | | | | freedom that results will be well worth the initial price |
| exercise in personal choice and personal freedom. | | | | you pay. Try it, you'll see! |
| Now why is this important? It's important because it | | | | |