Freedom as Power

      As a citizen of a democratic country, we are all bestowed our freedom – and this is something that all of us must be thankful for. We have the freedom to choose the religion that suits perfectly to our beliefs, freedom to dress the way we want, freedom to vote, freedom to articulate or express anything and a lot of things where we can exercise our freedom. However, as we are entitled to have this freedom, we are also expected to exercise it responsibly – and that is not to go beyond our boundaries.

      “With great power comes great responsibility.” This famous line from the movie Spiderman sounds very cliché, but it does make sense. Personally, I think of freedom as POWER – power that gives you courage to speak what’s on your mind and to act what you think would satisfy you. SO IF FREEDOM IS POWER, THEREFORE, WE ARE ALL POWERFUL! Sounds great, isn’t it? However, there is no such thing as ABSOLUTE. Everything has limitations, and this is what all of us should know.

                                                                                              

      Let’s try to imagine if every single individual in the society exercises freedom, EXCESSIVELY! Can you imagine what could possibly happen? CHAOS! An individual using freedom irresponsibly could eventually halt somebody else’s freedom. An individual who does not think of anyone else as long as he says and does anything he wants, is someone who evidently abuses the use of freedom. Let’s just think of this: you have the freedom to express anything, particularly on social media. You have expressed your stand regarding an issue, but you did offend certain individuals. No doubt, this is still freedom as you were able to state your side FREELY, however, that is such FREEDOM USED IRRESPONSIBLY. And this is exactly what I mean that excessive and irresponsible use of freedom can lead to chaos.

      At the end of the day, we just have to keep in mind that THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE FREEDOM, it has certain boundaries that as much as we can, let’s try not to go beyond. Let’s try to comprehend how freedom really works and as to what extent. And yes, it is true that freedom is such a GLORIOUS POWER when used sensibly, but at the same time, it can also be a DESTRUCTIVE POWER to the society when used irresponsibly.