Freedom – and anxiety
Most of us champion freedom – it’s something we value above most things. But we don’t see the relationship between freedom and anxiety. Anxiety is something we all avoid! With freedom comes responsibility – and anxiety, as Paul Clark learned when he became a camp coordinator. PICTURE: Kevin Erdvig/Unsplash Freedom means becoming responsible. If I am […]
Freedom (with responsibility)
I read something about freedom recently that I can’t believe I previously missed. PICTURE: Jonas Jaeken/Unsplash Most of the time we imagine, or declare, that freedom is an escape from responsibility. Isn’t that what we want? “I want to be free! Free to do what I want, free from responsibility.” But in a huge irony […]
Complex truth
I read that in every Pixar movie the hero gets what they want, only to discover it’s not what they really need. PICTURE: Mélanie THESE/Unsplash They must then go on an amazingly testing adventure to discover an emotionally complex truth. Woody gets rid of Buzz to become number one again, only to discover that a […]
Widening horizons: From Africa to Asia, youth salute Prince Philip for changing their lives
As Prince Philip is laid to rest in Windsor, NITA BHALLA and ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the Duke of Edinburgh International Awards scheme has changes lives across the globe…
FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
When we talk about freedom being the ability to choose to do good and avoid evil – to choose to obey God rather than doing whatever we feel like, some wise people have linked responsibility to real freedom. People at the Sea of Galilee in Israel. True freedom means finding “happiness, satisfaction and freedom” in your responsibilities […]