Freedom: This I believe essay

I believe in freedom. I think everyone should be free to experience the world in their own way, free from the prejudices and preconceptions of another person. I think we should all get the ability to travel, in order to expand our horizons and understand each other better. But not everybody has the confidence to travel. That confidence is something I regrettably lack. I don’t really have any memories to help illustrate my beliefs to the world. Most of my memories come from me playing video games. To me, that was a chance to see into a world that I had never seen before and interact and affect it. I remember the time I shouted after managing to beat Bowser for the first time in Super Mario 64, as though I had manged to win a medal or finish a triathalon. I remember the rush I felt as I completed puzzle after puzzle in Legend of Zelda: Orarina of time. I remember that I actually cried after seeing one of my favorite characters die in a cutscene in Final Fantasy. It felt almost like a stab to the heart, to see a person I had gotten to know and care for go out so finitely. That’s how involved I was in the world of video games. I am trying to get out into the world, to free myself from my chair and see beyond the world of gaming if for but a little. But in the end, I am in love with freedom. To see beyond the supposedly boring, mundane reality and look upon the world with bright fresh eyes and appreciate everything about it. Freedom may be the only thing I definitely believe in, but I’ll take it anyway.