S1 Ep.8 | True "Independence" this 4th of July

<p><strong><em>“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>-</em></strong> <a href= "https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/viktor_e_frankl_160380"><strong> Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning </strong></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From June 11 to September 2nd of this year, I am essentially on the road. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">June in Minnesota for Modern Mystery School International programs to learn to teach new classes, to recertify as a life activation practitioner, and to study hermetic astrology and learn new healing modalities. July, I will spend in Michigan to visit family and then I have 2 vacations scheduled to New Mexico and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. For me, this massive amount of travel, with the ability to take my career with me as I go, doing my job from the road is the epitome of freedom and independence. I’m completely free as I make my own schedule, money and decisions with regards to time, when I used to have to bargain for time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sunday after his podcast posts is the 4th of July - US Independence Day and throughout the country we are opening up to be a post Covid world. As in post lockdown, Covid will likely be with us for a long time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In light of this, I’m here thinking about what</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">true freedom & independence</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">really are and how understanding that is a key</span> <strong>to unlocking abundance in our life.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">As I write this I’m in Day 4 of 10 in classes deeply ensconced in metaphysical topics, yet we learn very practical things like</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Responsibility = simply the ability to respond.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">I.e. to be a responsible person is