Does freedom not terrify you?
Think about it: what is more important, not being talked about by strangers, or being happy, confident and sure of yourself? To me, a lot of these social things that tell me how I am supposed to act are logically fucked. I act because I think it's the best way to act or how I want to act, not because 'I'm supposed to' anything. Nobody really cares when it's not in line with social acceptance, it's just considered quirky to most, when really it should be considered correct to act in such a way that you feel you should act.
...But I suppose, maybe, that's because I can justify everything I do.
I can and will act how I want, because a lot of my moral basis relies on it. Being pent up with these restrictions you think exist stops you from acting in the right way. I understand that I am able to do literally anything I am capable of doing. Actually think about that concept for a minute: you can do literally anything within capability. It's pretty terrifying... everything is too easy, barely an arm's reach away.
Freedom is this. It is knowing that you can probably take someone's life, randomly, or even your own, without reason. It's getting into a car and doing whatever you want, because you're not on rails, you're literally able to drive in any direction or into anything you want. Freedom is breaking a shop window just because it's there. It's punching the back of someone's head because they're walking too slow. Freedom is getting on a plane one day and flying away, changing your name and never being found.
We all know we're capable of this, we have strange thoughts all of a sudden that 'we can do this' and I think the only reason those appear is because you've gotten so used to your cage that you keep yourself in that you forget it's there. Then a thought appears that never really truly get's thought about in it's full fruition - you are not restricted, at all.
Of course, that's the scary part, but we need to be smart about it. Realising 'I'm free' is one thing, but under no circumstances is it okay to act in the ways mentioned above, because then there is understanding how to properly act. Firstly, you realise how free you are, breaking the rules and regulations that are wrongly expected of you. Secondly, build up your own basis of action that embraces your freedom but hides you from the chaos left open. Think consequences. Yes, you can murder someone - but you'll go to prison as a negative to you, and that's a fucked up thing to do as a negative thing to the world.
So, take up morals on the basis of goodness and happiness and act in the way you think best suits who you want to be or is correct. That's the way I tend to act, and quite frankly, I am comfortable with this aspect of who I am.
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