Life just feels so limited. I don’t understand how people can say that we are free to do (or be) anything. Maybe only for those lucky people, but definitely not for everyone.

I don’t know if anyone here could relate or not? But, just like the title says: Life just feels so limited. I don’t understand how people can say that we are free to do (or be) anything. Maybe only for those lucky people, but definitely not for everyone. At least that’s what I really feel, when I think about my life. It seems like anything I do just eventually got crushed & destroyed by reality.

Also, everyday a lot of people are trapped within the economic & financial, monetary situations, that they can’t just be ‘free’ to do whatever they really want to. For example: many people have to work in a job that they hate, 9 to 5 everyday, just to survive.

And then, there’s also sickness/illness or diseases, for example. There are people who are basically just crippled (& limited) by their illness. And this could also include mental illness (or problem/issues).

Relationship-wise, there are also people who are trapped within bad marriages, with bad partners, for example. Or trapped within bad family, parents, etc2. Or on the other hand, there are even people who are so lonely/alone, and don’t have any fulfilling relationships (or friendships, relations, human’s connections, etc2).

And lastly, even the ‘luckiest’ of people in this world would have also experienced maybe a tiny, little, minor inconveniences/problems/situations that are just less than ideal/perfect, which is just another way of saying that even they are also somewhat ‘limited’ from reaching their own expectations.

But, nowadays I keep hearing people say things like: “We’re free to do whatever/anything we want!”, which is just unrealistic. In reality, no, we are *not* free to do *anything* that we want to do (or be). There are so many limitations in life. And some are even just so frustrating. Maybe that’s why we can’t be always 100% happy all the time. When life doesn’t work the way that we want (or expect, wish, dream, pray, or even work hard), it’s just only natural (& human!) that we can feel sad, angry, disappointed, scared, anxious/anxiety, worry, confused, stressed, frustrated, down, or even depressed.

This is not a perfect world/life. It’s not an ideal/utopian world, where every wishes do come true. In reality, it’s even what we often DON’T WANT, that sometimes/often happens in our lives! I mean, yeah sure, motivational self-help words can comfort us, but there’s even comes a point where they all just become hollow, empty platitudes (especially for some of us who’ve experienced the problems ourselves).

(Sorry if my english is not good, as it’s not my first native language)