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Freedom, Choice and an Abundant Lifestyle

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I believe an abundant joyful life isn't about only freedom of choice... it's about responsibility. I'm wary of the word freedom, and the word choice. I think both can be really misleading. And easily corrupted. So we have responsibilities. We base our philosophy around meeting our survival needs as simply as possible (something we frequently fail to do as life becomes unnecessarily complex each day!) - surviving means learning how to be responsible both as individuals and as community members.

Freedom and choice seem more like luxuries to me... we can afford them when the basic responsibilities of life are met. Therefore they aren't that essential... so we don't aim for them. I find it eliminates a lot of the issues people seem to have with other. Abundance happens when we learn to go with the flow - allow nature (our natures) to guide us. When we trust in the natural way of being. Joy is taking a breath and thinking, wow, I'm taking a breath.

There are so many things that determine our path - we are never really 'free' to follow our self-determined path in a conscious way. Our subconscious seems to be much more in control of where we're going and what we're going to bump into! Learning to read the patterns allows us to consciously see the amazing synchronicity.. then we can build our own wisdom. Sometimes our head leads us around in circles and we wonder why we can't have what we desire... We fail to trust ourselves.

I once read: "The access to the things you desire comes when you focus on JOY in your present moment with the knowing that all your desires are on the way."

That's just it - I don't focus on 'desires' - I focus on meeting needs, not desires. And defining needs in a very basic way. Life becomes meaningful and my purpose becomes clear. Finding clarity and getting rid of the all the gumph we humans have attached to being alive brings the joy. Simplying our lives allows us to see the amazing abundance. The path becomes clear - joyful - easy. Fulfilled desires fall into my lap - not because I pursue them, but because that's what happens when one moves with consciousness in life...


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photo of Beverley and Robin PainePioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network. Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home. In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications. If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Homeschool Australia Facebook page.
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