Freedom
When I first started as a home health aide I had to become hospice trained. At one of the classes the instructor asked us to write down the most important thing in our lives. I wrote down freedom. The woman sitting next to me glanced at my paper and kind of smirked. She didn't get it. As a woman in recovery my world is open to so much… I am free from the bondage of drugs and alcohol. I am free to go anywhere in this world I want to. I am free to make as much money as I want. I am free to eat anything I want. I am free to sleep with many, or none. I am free to buy as much as my hearts desire. I can do anything, everything or nothing. With all this freedom comes many choices. By doing, saying or choosing something will I really be free? Or will I be bogged down by indecision, fear, worry or regret? I must choose my freedoms carefully and thoughtfully. I say to myself “Will this make me feel free?” This is my new gauge for decision making. Then I check my motives. Is th