-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐬. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬-

When 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞. Similarly, when a man becomes consumed by concepts and ideologies, he isolates himself and becomes an island.⁣⁣

A 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭-𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 is a self-created prison. Like a caged bird that loses its spontaneity to handle life in free nature, man too clings to the comfort of his self-made prison, believing it to be safety. 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.⁣⁣

Such men merely ‘exist’ but never truly ‘live.’ This is the condition of many modern men, who behave like individual islands. They like you if you endorse their views and reject or disown you if you think differently. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.