זמן חירותינו

Every man is born with obligations and responsibilities. Every moment, man is ignoring one of those responsibilities out of servitude to another. Every choice has a loss. Freedom means a lack of servitude. At first glance, this would mean that freedom is either a lack of obligation (which is technically and physically impossible) or as is it is commonly believed to be, the lack of loss when a responsibility is ignored. Freedom, therefore means nothing to lose. You can do whatever yo want, and ignore all of your responsibilities because there is loss in doing so. How then, does someone in this position make any decisions whatsoever? They generally choose to do what they believe to be the most immediately gratifying and physically satisfying thing they can do. However, this person clearly has a mental obligation to his physical desire. Where then, has his freedom gone? So we agree that freedom cannot mean having nothing to lose. Is there no such thing as freedom? Or does true freedom have to lead to no choice being made? This can't be either, for neutrality itself is a choice. The most sound explanation of freedom is the ability to make the correct choice. As Jews, we believe that God is The Truth and serving Him is the best thing doable, and therefore, we are thankful to God for freeing us and enabling us to choose to serve him. Why is the ability to choose what is the incorrect choice not equally free? The incorrect choice is always chosen out of servitude to an obligation, and not from a completely obligation free perspective. Freedom is the ability to choose what is best. צ"ע.