Chapter 9.

“Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.” – Germaine Greer

The first quote that I will be using his from the book “The Art of Being Human” and its by Germaine Greer and they said “Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it”. Personally, I think that the majority of America forget that our freedom is not free. It comes with a cost. To take freedom for granted is something I think that we have all been caught doing. Freedom is something that we don’t really think about but yet were given it every single day. When we talk, we have the option of free speech. We have the option to express ourselves. We use it in our every day life. Without freedom, we would have to keep our mouths shut about everything we dislike to what political parties we what to be apart of.

“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you” -Jean-Paul Sartre

This next quote that I am using is by Jean-Paul Sartre and he said “Freedom is what you do with whats been done to you” . I completely agree with this quote because we do not have control over what happens to us in our lifetime. Yes, we may have some affect on what goes on in our life but I personally believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason. Since I am a christian, I view it as all the good and bad that come to us, came to us for a reason. God wouldn’t give us something that we couldn’t handle. We have the strength to overcome anything honestly. We have the freedom to forget and move past a situation, which I feel like many people forget that they have the chance to forget hurtful memories. It is best just to live your life with the ups and downs and just remember that we have the freedom to forget whatever we want. The good, the bad and the ugly.

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present”- Albert Camus

The last quote I will be using is by Albert Camus and he said “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present”. In order to make our future better and brighter, we have to focus on the NOW vs the future. When we focus on everything now, then we have the ability to make changes and corrections that will better our future. Your going to be able to change your future by learning your mistakes now then rather having to learn them the hard way in the future. We have to give it all we got now because were not always promised the future. We have to learn to make the present amazing, fix our mistakes and learn and grow wiser. We need to do all this for our future. Because we do not know what our future holds.

Janaro, R. P., & Altshuler, T. C. (2009). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing.