Financial Freedom - The Final Frontier
Sacrifices have been made. People have been killed, wars have been fought, civil disobedience campaigns have been waged and in some countries governments have been overthrown. The lengths to which mankind has at various times gone to achieve freedom is extraordinary.
Despite all this effort, how much freedom have we really actually achieved?
We (of the first world) have certainly achieved a pretty good state of physical freedom. Unless you are incarcerated, or otherwise detained, we can go out, go home, visit your friends, travel interstate, and in most cases internationally without being physically restrained from doing so..
Chalk one up for freedom
What about political and religious freedom? While our political system is not ideal and probably never will be, we certainly seem to have made a lot of progress in this arena. We can be a member of any party or subscribe to any ideology we wish without any lawful restriction, interference or discrimination. We have a high level of personal rights protected both legally and constitutionally.
OK, so freedom takes the political/religious flag too
So our system of government supports our RIGHT to believe what we want and go where we want But is freedom simply a matter of rights or does it also require the ability to actually exercise that right?
For Example, maybe you would love to be on a yacht in the Mediterranean. I know I would!
You certainly have the right to do so, so why are you not there? If you are like most of our population, Money, or rather a lack thereof prevents you from going, plus the fact that if you took off to the Med for a month, you would lose your job, and therefore probably lose your house car etc.
The question to ask then is if we have the right to go to the Mediterranean, but not the means do we actually really have FREEDOM to go there?
If we have the right to go, and the money to get there, but are told by our employer that we cant have the time off are we really free?
My answer is no.
The freedoms that have been won for us by the sacrifices of our predecessors are considerable, and I do not in any way trivialise them. On the contrary, if we are to live up to legacy earned for us by their sacrifice, we must push the limits further, and continue their fight into realm of financial freedom.
Unlike many of the previous fights for freedom, this is a fight that we must fight for ourselves. There will be no great armies to fight them for us, and victory will not be for our nation but for our families. This fight will be won by long persistent effort directed to creating lasting financial abundance for ourselves and our heirs.
It will be perpetuated by teaching our children to appreciate the legacies passed to them by both our ancestors and ourselves, and teaching them the attitudes and skills they need to preserve those legacies.
This is a fight that is made much easier for us today by the progress of technology. Today we can start an online business part time from home for a hundred dollars or less. We can keep our jobs while we are in the early phases of our business avoiding much of the risk that has traditionally been associated with starting a business.
There has never been a better time in history to tackle this final frontier of freedom and set ourselves and our families up to enjoy a more complete freedom for generations to come.
A Veteran of the Afghanistan Campaign and Anti Piracy Operations in South East Asia, Tim is now an online entrepreneur and is actively involved providing life education and positive mentoring to youth in his local community.
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Copyright 2006 Tim Baird
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