True Freedom

I fully realized today that true freedom is a state of mind. I had thought about this before, but today I truly began to understand it. Bounds that we keep on ourselves are in our own minds. Others can influence our lives but we create (or hinder) our own freedom. I am going on with my life independent of my husband and son. Today, I found a new freedom in my painting because I realized that the majority of time I have been doing paintings to please others. Sometimes they please me but not always. I have been allowing others to direct my life far too much. It is my life, not anyone else's. I crave freedom and independence; it is the essence of life itself!