Every man has a property in his own person. – John Locke

Sunday, May 9, 2010

The Wellspring of Liberty

It begins with something so small, so ephemeral, so inconsequential it cannot be seen, felt or measured. There is no way to prove it actually exists and is only known by its results. Yet it is the most powerful thing known to humanity for without it nothing in the human realm would take place. It is the source of all the myriad of worthwhile things.

Although it is known to all, most dismiss it as too common and trivial to be of any real significance. However it is so valuable that all things of value owe their value to its very existence. It is everyone’s common possession that if not ruled rules instead.

Left unrestrained it creates endless grief, misery and havoc in the world but controlled and focused is also the source for all its achievements. When pointed out for what it is, it is dismissed as a mere thought.

Which is undeniably true, it is just a thought.

It all begins with thought. It simply depends upon what that thought is.

And Liberty is nothing more than a thought. If you think about it.

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