[439] Of celebrating freedom

Today marks 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Somehow, it feels like hundreds of years ago when in fact, I was 7 back then. Innocent and ignorant.

East German border guard Conrad Schumann leaps to the West over barbed wire in Berlin on August 15, 1961. Photo by Peter Leibing.
Public Domain.

Without freedom, life is not worth living
– unknown

To freedom, for eternity. Though if I somehow find myself in hell, there might be a little complication with my idealism. But I’m sure God is negotiable. I hope.