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fireworks_behind_liberty.jpgWhen I sat down to write my 10-15 minute free write/list on the “independence” topic for this week, I had a tough time separating the word Independence from words like Liberty, Freedom, Autonomy, Free Will, Emancipation, Choice, and Sovereignty. Big words, really – with a lot of connotation, depending on your perspective. I ended up with a long list of synonyms with definitions or examples scribbled behind each.

Independence, as abstract as it is, has personal definitions. Some aspects of independence are hard won, personal battles that define one as a person, as an individual. Other aspects of independence – on a grander, more intricately woven scale – impact a nation and her people as a group and are, if not as personal or individual, just as hard won.

The distillation of my free writing exercise, really, showed me once again – but this time in words – how very precious independence is because of all its connotations and synonyms.

What did you discover in your free writing/list making today?

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Posted in General, Move Me on June 26th, 2007

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