Happy 4th of July!!!
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
Today is the 4th of July, and in the
home country where Empower Network
was founded, this is cause for GREAT celebration!
The story of Sacrifice for Freedom of
the USA & the celebration of Independence
Day is best summed up in the story of
the birth of the country’s National Anthem:
On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed the
Declaration of Independence and our
great nation was born. By penning
their names to this document, they
knew that their lives and their family’s
lives would be taken. Flash forward
nearly 40 years to the War of 1812.
Aboard the British warship as the
British were bombing Fort. McHenry,
when asked by a British General why these
“Americans” would be so willing to fight
and die for this concept they called
“freedom,” Frances Scott Key replied,
“They would rather die on their feet
than live on their knees.” He then wrote
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
No matter where you are in the world,
today’s message can apply to you.
You see, freedom is at the very heart
of everything we do. One might even say
that FREEDOM is the core value
driving the Empower Network movement.
It’s our mission to continue to
increase the freedom we experience
in life.
This can come in a variety of forms:
1. Freedom to earn our livelihoods
how we WANT instead of working
somewhere that doesn’t fulfill us just
to get a paycheck.
2. Freedom to have the time to do
what’s truly important to us in life, like spending time with our family,
learning new skills and
exploring new parts of the world.
3. Freedom to express ourselves
and have the chance to ENJOY
our lives with the little time we have
while we’re on this planet.
All of these things are more important
to us than most care to admit, and so
often, we sacrifice freedom of time, money
and life… until “Tomorrow.”
We rationalize there’s always another
day in the future somewhere that we’ll
be able to live how we want to or fulfill
one of our life long goals.
I believe that the time is NOW.
I believe that freedom is meant to
be lived NOW.
I believe you are meant to be fully free NOW.
You see, we celebrate this day in
the USA because this is the day we
gained our independence as a country.
But no longer are we fighting for our
independence as a country… now the
quest for freedom has evolved.
The quest for Freedom is now
more than ever,
a personal matter.
I think this applies to EVERYONE in
the world, no matter where you’re
reading this.
Now, the freedom we are fighting for
exists inside our very own lives. It’s
the freedom to BE who we want to be
in the world.
To do what we want to do in the world.
To have what we want to have in the world.
And to contribute what we want to contribute in the world.
We’re at the dawn of a whole new era of freedom.
This is an age where ANYTHING
is possible.
An age where the world is 100% globally
connected through the WWW.
An age where we can all truly
create something for our lives that has
not been possible before.
If this DOES get you excited…
…if you DO share our values for freedom,
for innovation, for contribution,
and for living life…
…then now is cause to celebrate more
than EVER. Celebrate the freedom you
have in your life today, no matter what
form that freedom is.
What freedom would you like to be
experiencing just 3 months from now
as a result of your FULL participation
as a Empower Network freedom patriot?
You see, everything we do is guided
by our core value of seeing freedom
flourish even MORE in the world.
We live in an age where humans have
likely NEVER had as many possibilities
as we do at our fingertips.
Now is not the time to stop…now is the
time to KEEP GOING. Let’s keep exploring
just how much more freedom we can create.
Let’s share our Movement with MORE
people in the world.
Let’s challenge ourselves to not put off until
tomorrow…what we can accomplish TODAY.
No matter where you are in the world today,
or what you’re doing…
I want to THANK YOU for reading out
my thoughts about this day and you
in particular as part of our movement.
And we CELEBRATE YOU
for the freedom you represent!
Happy 4th of July!!
– Matthias Sieber
Freedom Fighter & Affiliate Marketer
P.S. If you did not see our hangout yesterday,
here’s the replay