What does freedom mean to you?
Ironically, I became paralyzed only a few years before gaining financial freedom. Being paralyzed really brings down the high of financial freedom. Because of the aneurysms in my brain, I likely can’t fly to the destinations that I want to, so there’s no luxury travel on my agenda. That’s hugely disappointing because it was the only thing that I wanted to do in my retirement. But on the bright side, I’m still alive. Sometimes I wonder why, if I can’t do anything but exist. I saw a story on 60 minutes today about a neurology team in Switzerland and the breakthrough they’ve made in bringing paralyzed limbs back to life and my case is not nearly as bad as the people they were helping. Unfortunately, because of the piece of myxoma tumor from my heart that traveled to my brain, I don’t think their breakthrough would help me. You see,it’s still in my brain, and it has grown a little over the past decade. That’s going to the thing that can’t be gotten around. I fear . While it’s wonderful to have financial freedom, when it can’t buy you health…
That said, it’s fantastic to live in one of the most free countries on the planet. I can say what I want, even publish it, without fear that the police will take me to jail. I’m free to be the atheist I am, and there are more like me by the year. Im free not to give a damn about ” King “Charles and never touch money with his mug on it, thanks to debit and credit cards. And that is about as free as a person who has my medical issues can get.
What good is freedom if you can’t fully enjoy it ?