Free to Be Me ~ Purpose-Driven Freedom One of my greatest life achievements has been finding my Voice and the Freedom to use it. For most of my life, I have been ide ntified mostly by my bloodline and connections, seldom as just myself. A few years ago, I had one of many life-changing experiences. this experience opened my eyes to the power of personal freedom. I saw a beautiful butterfly appearing to be flapping its wings near a windown, but the butterfly was not going anywhere. It was not making any progress in what appeared to be an attempt to fly away. To be free. Thinking that maybe it was stuck and needed some assistance, I slowly made my way over to where the butterfly was and tried shooing it away. However, even though the wings kept flapping, the butterfly still did not move from that spot. After watching it for some time, I went back inside, thinking that maybe if I left it alone, it would do what it was designed and purposed to do, FLY! Days passed and I thought no more