LesbosOnTheCouch by Beth C, one of the Lesbos
And the spring holiday of Passover is almost over ---Passover, the holiday that symbolizes Freedom – Freedom…Freedom, something that we should all treasure and value…but Freedom is only truly valued when won.
I didn't always believe that. I didn't really think about it personally…but it is time to do that…to think, to contemplate…and to write and speak out…Freedom is a beautiful word. It is almost as wondrous as Love. Love is most appreciated when first found – This is something that many of us have been fortunate enough to experience…finding love…but Freedom…many of us have not had the experience of finding Freedom…a great many of us have had Freedom handed to us without ever having it…Maybe that is why so many of us don't appreciate the true meaning of the word Freedom…as defined by my Google search: The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.I have been lucky and blessed- my entire adult life I knew Freedom – I chose to move to Israel. I chose to marry and have children. I chose to divorce move on and accept my desire for women. And then I chose to accept and love and beyond - to marry My Love…The woman of my dreams, the woman of My Life…She chose me. I chose her…Our Freedom, our choice…We had the Freedom to choose to accept our Lesbianism and our love – and build our lives together. Freedom gave us the ability to be able to change our former state, our past and move into the life of our true selves.
True selves….this is another concept that is taken for granted by many people…but to reach our True selves, we must first know our Freedom – our Freedom to choose to be that True self.
So many people who live in a state of 'Freedom' may never really know their true selves. They may think that the way that they were raised; the way that they have been their 'whole' lives is their true self…-without ever looking into themselves, without allowing themselves to choose a direction or a path that will bring them to that inner place of peace.
Maybe I am just rambling senselessly – or maybe you get what I am trying to say…To choose to be able to be who we truly are…to do this, we need to both realize who it is we are and that we can change and be that person. This is true Freedom. This is the true gift. The gift of Freedom allows us to be who we are. The Gift to know and then be our True selves…This is Freedom. And this I have…and this I wish for all of you…
Happy Spring!
