Waking up (is the path to freedom/is hard to do)

Waking up is our path to freedom. Freedom to choose our relationship with ourselves and others; to experience our lives in new ways; to respond (to our children) in new ways. Waking up means to wake up from the unconscious and habitual patterns that keep us locked in automatic ways of being.  It's our path to freedom, but it's not easy to do. The promise of neuroplasticity tells us that change is always possible.  And though it takes dedication and courage, no singular path (to me) is more worth cultiva