Giving yourself does not take away freedom

Today the idea floats around that tying yourself to something or someone shrinks you, and that freedom means not committing "not to lose options." But look at someone who truly loves: they give themselves, and are no less free for it. Quite the opposite: their freedom shows most there. Giving yourself for love is not giving up on yourself; it is placing your freedom in service of something great. The sacrifice it asks does not diminish freedom: it reveals it. Christ gave his life and no one took it from him; he gave it freely. Living without committing to anything seems freer, but often leaves you empty. Freedom that gives itself to nothing ends up spinning around itself.