Independence!
It’s a great concept when used correctly.
The inborn and natural instinct of created beings is, to seek independence.
From a really young age kids start to test the limits of authority seeking more independence at every juncture. Bed times. Screen time. Food choices. You name it.
With time, the choices change get more sophisticated with higher stakes; that natural desire for independence never leaving us.
Are we really independent?
A fish no doubt feels independent in the great vast oceans, yet a short amount of time out of water can pose grave challenges. Hardly independent to say the least.
Humans? Well, where to begin… Food? Hydration? Let’s not talk of oxygen..
Independent?
Hardly… The feeling of independence? Indeed!
Fascinatingly, G-d created us to feel independent. It is an inherent part of the Divine plan. We have choices. We can chart our own destiny. We aren’t coerced, preprogrammed or forced to do anything. We have ownership. Quite the deal!
As we journey through life, experience, intellect and inspired moments introduce us to the true reality that we are after all “in-terdependent”. We are contingent on one another and ALL the possibilities we have, are granted to us by our Creator the source of all. Hardly independent.
Why?
In order to make bread out of wheat, so to speak.; to use our freedom and Divinely gifted independence to transform this world into a cultivated Garden of G-d!!