The Price of Freedom 🦅
We often think of freedom as something weightless — like eagles cutting through the skies effortlessly. 🦅
But if we look closer, there’s something the eagle shows us:
Before it can glide on the wind, it first needs to flap its own wings.
It must lift itself with effort before the wind supports its flight 🌬️
Freedom carries its own weight.
It’s not the weight of chains, but the price we must pay to lift ourselves into motion.
When we dream of escaping — from a job we dislike, from an environment that feels draining, from circumstances that no longer align with us — we’re not wrong to wish for freedom.
But freedom comes with its own cost 💵⏰
It asks for effort.
It demands prioritisation.
It calls for the willingness to pay the price of change.
And perhaps this is why so many people stay where they are — not because they truly love their situation, but because the price of change feels too heavy to lift.
Sometimes, when we look at where we are and where we want to be, it feels like there are a hundred steps in between.
Each step looks heavy before we even take the first.
But here’s something worth asking ourselves:
✨ What if — the moment you take just one step, things begin to shift?
✨ What if, after a step or two, you realise this path isn’t actually yours — and you’re free to choose another direction?
✨ What if, instead of a hundred steps, your goal is only three steps away — but you’d never know unless you started moving?
✨ Or even if it is ten thousand steps, at least you now see it clearly, rather than staying stuck in place, imagining and fearing 🙀 what could have been.
The answers aren’t found in overthinking 🤯
They aren’t found in endless complaints 🌀
And they aren’t even found in waiting ⏳ for motivation to strike.
The answers live inside the steps you take🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️
Even the eagle flaps its wings before the wind can lift it 🦅
So today, if you feel heavy, if you feel stuck — ask yourself:
🌱 What is the smallest step I can take, just to start moving?
If you dream of playing the guitar, maybe it’s as simple as picking it up and strumming for 5 minutes today 🎸
Not to become a master overnight.
Not to finish the whole journey at once.
Just to start moving.
Because often, the first step doesn’t lead you to your final destination.
It simply opens the path so you can finally breathe 🌬️
Your Turn 🧭
What is one small step you can take today to move yourself closer to where you want to be?
No pressure. No giant leaps. Just one small step to open the way 🌸