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Bondage or Liberty, The Choice is Yours.

Guest post by: Duane Hatfield

Article Overview: The choice of being bound and being at liberty is one we make for ourselves. There are many things that restrain us and hold us in places we would rather not be. How we face them mentally is where the captivity gains control. No matter how great the constraint we still have the ability to limit it in our minds.

Bondage or Liberty, The Choice is Yours.

The choice of being bound and being at liberty is one we make for ourselves. There are many things that restrain us and hold us in places we would rather not be. How we face them mentally is where the captivity gains control. No matter how great the constraint we still have the ability to limit it in our minds.

There are many ways we can be bound. We know there are people who are physically in bondage. Whether they are imprisoned or confined to designated areas or certain locations they are prevented from moving about as they wish. Others are “stuck” in jobs, positions and even relationships they say they can’t escape from. Still others live in self-inflicted bonds, not permitting them to be released from their own restrictions and beliefs. These are real positions of slavery to them and create obstacles they feel they can’t overcome. Each has it’s own distinct way of affecting us. If we control our mind and how we consider the situation it can less intense.

Liberty also has various applications and positions in life. With every state of bondage possible there can be a sense of freedom in our minds, which makes the resistance we face more bearable. Possibly the hardest to defeat is the self-inflicted. We must not only change our mindset but also overpower our reluctance be prove ourselves correct. We must verify we are applying our beliefs properly and to understand why we uphold them as we do. It’s difficult to admit I could be mistaken in my convictions.

One of the greatest tools available to us is knowledge. To know and understand how the situations we are in are temporary and will soon become only a memory. The duration of the event may not be known but eventually things will change. Many accounts have been given of prisoners of war and abduction victims who through their thoughts believed help would come. Our accepting circumstances and constantly thinking upon them usually compounds the physical things we endure. If we desire things to change we must settle it in our minds and take the action required to cause it to happen.

Chose bondage or liberty, which ever you please, realizing the key to your personal peace and satisfaction comes from within you. Others can inflict the restrictions physically but you control your faith and hope.

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