"Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner." - Lao Tzu
When you are working to meet another's expectation, you wear their chains.
When you are seeking the approval of another, you do not act with complete freedom of will.
When you are wanting to please anyone but yourself, you are under their spell.
You cannot live freely.
You cannot express yourself authentically.
You cannot live harmoniously with the flow of nature.
You are shackled to expectation.
The expectation of others.
And the expectation you put on yourself.
Your mind will never be clear if you are always looking to please others.
Your mind will be shrouded by the need to meet another's expectation.
An expectation that means to enslave you forever.
That will slowly consume you whole.
That will keep you from true freedom.
The boundary of freedom is only limited by where you set them.
Release the anchor of expectation.
Your freedom should know no bounds.
Strive to live, live to strive.
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