Freedom usually means independence — nobody tells me what to do. The other version says being fully alive means being permeable, changed by others. Which is freedom to you?

Options

• Money, and the ability to say no. Dependence is weakness
• Knowing you are part of something larger — people, weather, the dead
• Permeable in this world is the fastest way to get hurt. Build boundaries
• Switch between them: armour outside, open with the few