Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr It is easy to be misled to think That freedom is entitlement to obtain Whatever we want, when we want it, Be it pleasing or wasteful or vain. Yes, we’ve been given free will, But that doesn’t mean absence of price For choosing that which is not for our good, For rejecting virtue for vice. For what is the opposite of freedom But the state of being a slave? And how is it we become captives? By being bound to the things that we crave. When those things are not for our good, Then they keep us from being whole. And so, we make ourselves prisoners To those things which harm body and soul. But in choosing what’s right and good— Though some would call that restriction— We are actually choosing true freedom From the degrading slavery of addiction. It has been said, time and time again, That by truth we shall be freed. So seek the truth and seek God’s will And find true personal freedom indeed! — Natalie H., Indianapolis, Indiana USA