Freeing Yourself When You Feel Limited or Stuck
âThe secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.â ~Thucydides
The society I was born inâurban, rich, conservative Indiaâdid not encourage women to make life choices for themselves. I was not given a vote in my own education, or in the choice of a husband when I turned twenty years old. These decisions were left to the family elders.
And yet, my heart was always a bit of a free bird.
Despite being âexpectedâ to be a homemaker after marriage, there was always a yearning in me to be somewhere else, doing something else. I …