Thursday, March 15, 2007

Facing Freedom


Throughout history, humanity has been faced with various challenges around the issues of freedom and liberty. However, these challenges and barriers can and have been overcome. We must continue to search for ways to train and condition our bodies and minds to create our environment. We can build new paths by demonstrating precise movement as a way to travel through life. We can escape and dodge barriers by using them as bridges, not blockades. We can bend limits, brave the shackles of conformity, and evolve the body to its limits by continuing to challenge the abilities of the mind and its body. Just as humans have been defining and evolving freedom on a global scale, our movements and our thoughts define our own personal freedoms.

How do we move on from the challenges humans have faced? How do we continue to grow and evolve as a species and as an individual? Are the restrictions and responsibilities of freedom similar to the responsibilities found in the art of free-running? Perhaps the lessons of physical and mental challenges learned from free-running can relate directly to global movement and the possibility of peace.

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