A long time ago I came across a book that changed my life. It might change yours if you want it as bad as I did. In 1974 I was in a bookstore and came across this. The title instantly jumped out at me. After reviewing several chapters in the bookstore I purchased it. The book? How I found Freedom In An Unfree World.

I was rather young when I stumbled across this book but the more times I read this book the more I wanted to invoke the strategies I discovered within its pages. It took a while but day by day, month by month, year by year I tried to apply the strategies into my life. I could see the writing on the wall even back then at my tender age. Fast forward to 2018. The names have changed but the play is still the same.

I came across a woman recently that read this book later in her life. After much soul-searching she ended her marriage of 38 years to pursue her dream. A dream she had since very young but never had the opportunity to pursue it. Well, she mentioned that ending her bad marriage, however painful, was the best thing she ever did. After a year she ran into a man who shared her ideals in life and married him. Since then they have pursued their mutual dream together with a passion she had not known since she was a little girl. It was very hard in the beginning when she divorced. She had never lived alone or paid bills by herself. But little by little she discovered it was not that hard to do. The thing that impressed Little Laurie was she threw in the towel on a 38-year-old investment (however bad it was) to strike out into the unknown to pursue her dreams she held secretly inside her heart her entire life.

I think a lot of folks have that secret dream inside them but due to age, responsibilities or whatever they put their dream away into the far recesses of their mind. Only to be taken out and looked at in their most private moments alone. I have always thought of it as a mirrorball. You know a large globe with many, many small mirrors attached. For the most part most folks only show to the public the front facing part of the mirrorball. The part for public consumption. But towards the back of that mirrorball are secrets and dreams that are held in secret for fear of what “others” will say or think. Now that is a real prison. A prison of the mind. When I meet folks I always try to imagine what their secret dream they have held onto for years and decades might be. The dream they never told anyone about. The dream that never really dies. The dream that many take to their deathbed.

When I die I don’t want to look back and regret so many things I never did in my life. I want to say “Wow! that was a great ride! I accomplished just about everything I set out to do! It was so much fun!”

BTW, if you would love to hear the author of How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World give a one hour talk about his book here is a link to that video.

Harry Browne talks about his book How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World

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Somewhere In Colorado

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This post was composed under the very magical influence of Bennie And The Jets by Elton John