Being

The fortunate in life do as they like. The unfortunate in life do as they must. The liberated in life do as they choose. These are states of being which can change within one life in an instant. 

Those fortunate in heredity, health and/or wealth may imbibe in all the world's joys without hesitation. They have energy and resources to travel, to play and to learn many pleasures unknown to the vast majority of humanity. However, loss of health or wealth can rapidly make the fortunate unfortunate.

The unfortunate in heredity, health and/or wealth meet each day with a need to survive and provide. They must work at it in some form from waking to sleeping. Exhaustion is their common companion. Yet, many unfortunates find joy and love in their lives, despite their hard lot. In this, they can become fortunate enough to find liberation.

The liberated, whether they begin as fortunate or unfortunate, find the sustaining core of what it means to be human and free. They are not bound by their desires for pleasure or their misfortunes. Their brains can lift them out of the mire and muddle of life's daily details at any moment. The liberated do not live to survive. The liberated do not live to enjoy. The liberated live life for what it is on all levels and cherish its realities as they are without being bound by them. The liberated choose to live in truth, openness and light in whatever circumstances develop in their lives.