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| generally speaking, i say and do a lot of dumb things.* even more so when i'm sure i'm doing what's right. it's at those times when i think i've got it nailed down that i need to remind myself that no one ever arrives. gotta keep eyes, ears, heart and mind open, otherwise... so i'm kind of regretting the impression i might have made with sunday's installment: the implication that personal freedom is somehow tied to what happens in Wash., DC. it's not. no one can give you freedom, least of all a govern- ment. governments and their hired guns can certainly limit your actions through force, coercion, threats, or bribes, but your basic human liberty is something you're born with and take with you when you leave your body. i met a guy at burning man in 1998 who told me how he had never tasted his freedom until he was imprisoned. i think this is a common experience. instead of looking for liberty in outward manifestations, you go inside in search of the essence. maybe you find it, maybe you don't, but perhaps it's enough to suspect you have it in you and to seek.
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