The freedom I want most is this:
to be exactly what I am without apology,
to move through the world in my own particular way
without the weight of someone else's eulogy.

To love what I love, to work what I work,
to hold the beliefs I have come to hold—
not to harm, not to diminish—
but to be my own brave story told.

This freedom is the daily work—
the practice of the authentic and the true.
It requires no government or law:
only the courage of becoming you.
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