When we think about freedom we can conjure images of third world countries stricken by starvation, terrorists and death. We rarely consider freedom to be a commodity within our own day to day and something that we may have forgotten along the way.

We find ourselves waking up one day feeling the pressure becoming heavier and heavier. There doesn't seem to be an escape. We find ourselves feeling like an animal at the zoo on its way to a smaller cage.

This makes us feel lost; challenged and overwhelmed by all that confronts us with the displeasures of life. When did this become our 'freedom'? Something that is far and few between which is limited and a fingertip's reach away we find ourselves feeling the desperate need to escape and to change where we are. Our increasing frustration becomes part of who we are and we find ourselves convinced the freedom that eludes us is too far away to take hold of. Though oblivious to the ease that this can be done.

What can you do; what do you need to do to break out?

Try adding some freedom to your everyday life. Often when we believe that we cannot escape from the cage we have created and so, we seek short term resources to fulfill our need for variety, uncertainty and significance.

Do each of us know what freedom is to us and its purpose in our lives?

Have we ever considered that the secret ingredient which we so desperately yearn for is waiting in the shadow of our lives? When did you last feel free; unlocked from all that you have placed upon your shoulders? Where you found a moment of bliss, peace and excitement with the ability to reach high into the sky and scream at the top of your voice, and for no other reason than you wanted to.

Freedom allows you to be perfect in that moment. It is a feeling; a place where you can dance as silly as you like because it feels good. It is a place where you can sing out of tune because you like the song. It is the part of us that reminds us that being free is essential in helping us embrace all that we are.

We often forget ourselves in the greater scheme of things and yet, ironically, we are pivotal to everything in our lives.

Freedom is like breathing in the salty air as waves cascade against a ship heading to an unknown, unvisited destination with an open heart and the need to let go of the sense of obligation that we tie to ourselves.

Freedom isn’t about being reckless, it is allowing yourself to be free within yourself, embracing all that you are and allowing to undertake things that otherwise may seem ridiculous. It is the child within reminding you that being free doesn’t have to mean giving up your life, rather finding a new and fun aspect to make it all the more enjoyable.

In that moment of freedom there is no right or wrong; there is no judgment, there is only a place for you to be as you would if no one was watching.