The value of a FreedoG

Freedom is a word that is often overused.
Everyone wants to be Free.
Everyone thinks to be free, but really are we indeed?
We spend most of our time being busy at work with people we often do not care to be surrounded by, yet we do not dare to say it....just keep it for yourself.
Once the weekend comes around we give voice to our instinct to get out of the box by going into...another box, just a bigger one: the Mall. We trick ourselves thinking it's fun to do window shopping, or get a taste of free roaming among lights, colors, food and....more people.
We need freedom as we need fresh air to breathe.
But often we do not realize that freedom comes with choices and we are lured by society into a type of life that is all but that. The banks own us, we work to pay bills, we are taken by the daily responsibilities, we tell ourselves we have to do it because "you've got to do what you have got to do", and in the meanwhile life passes by and we do forget about who we are or what we want to become.
We are animals trapped in golden cages.....

Just some thoughts to chew on..........

I have learnt a different appreciation for the value and meaning of freedom after observing my dogs running free.
Freedom is something we take for granted but it's not.
Freedom is something to be treasured.
If I close my eyes and take a deep breath I imagine a past life of old memories, when the sunshine was kissing the waters of the lake near our summer home and in the air i could smell the good reassuring scent of the cake my grandma used to prepare for us kids. I can still see my uncle running down the hills, the olive trees were green and lush in such a beautiful Mediterranean scenario.

No one can savor the taste of freedom better than a child that has not yet grown to face layers and layers of " thinking structures & superstructures" imposed by a society that turns people into somebody that has to fit into something.
In the meanwhile life goes by.

It takes trust in a relationship to let go -and this applies not just to the pet and people partnership-.
The leash represents the umbilical cord between us and our dogs.
They do feel if we are tense or relaxed, if we are fearful of something, stressed or in a happy mode.
A healthy pet-owner partnership presumes that there is a common knowledge of one another and enough trust built into respecting our distances and keeping them balanced.
A good relationship will allow us to feel free to let our dog free in a mutual understanding of what it means to be within each other's reach.
Our dogs can run far in the field but will come back to us in a safe time and distance.
They feel and enjoy in full the possibility to BE.
Freedom is a gift, it's a value to share,  learn, appreciate and live in full.
One day at the time we achieve a new level of knowledge and trust through nourishment and love.

“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” 
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” 
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...
They don't find it," I answered.
And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."
Of course," I answered.
And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.” 
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince