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A Lesson I Learned from Janice Joplin and Yoda
What did Janice Joplin mean when she said "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose?” After drinking a little too much wine last Friday night, Bobby McGhee came on, and the song has been my earworm all week. I highly value freedom, so I wondered, what did she mean? What actually exists that one could lose? If I have to “lose everything”, what does “everything” even refer to? Maybe I should start there. It could refer to material things, certainly. One could lose their phone, their keys, their car, their home, and even their loved ones. I often say, “Everything you [...]
