#54 - Freedom = Responsibility

Do you ever wonder if we deserve the level of freedom we enjoy? With all that’s been going on in the world, with society and culture being influential in how we make use of the freedom that’s available to us, there’s always that risk of abusing that very same freedom. 

What does responsibility have anything to do with freedom? In this episode, the dynamic duo of Andrew and Sammy go in detail about how these two intertwine, and why we should all be aware of it.

God has the most miserable public relations ever because of the people that represent God [02:00] There’s something about responsibility that makes us want to avoid it [06:06] Correlation of responsibility and pain [07:39] Deep, innate need of all humans to be needed on some level [09:40] Inability to grow without other people, you grow in relationships and your commitment to the relationship will define how responsible you feel about that relationship [11:12] Being fearful of marriage and being responsible for the outcome of that relationship [12:14] Willingness to acknowledge responsibility has a huge effect on the success of an individual’s growth [14:18] Freedom plus responsibility equals an increased level of enjoyment and more freedom [15:02] Freedom without responsibility is a declining amount of freedom [15:09] Ownership is not a matter of signatures and documents, ownership is the look in a person's eye when they're dealing with the thing that they are taking responsibility for [18:11] Our experiences are a direct result of our own choices [19:00] When we're willing to be responsible, then we can actually get the things that we want. [21:05] Something in you grows, and you receive benefit from that [22:27]