It was discovered to her that the journey she was to becoming a free woman was considered dangerous. Life or death, she went with it as she fought for her freedom. What she did after becoming a free woman was something that no free African-American would ever ponder on. They told her to not go back because she may be killed and it’s too risky. She was told that it’s a scary world out there and advised her to get comfortable where she’s at, as a free woman.
She went on to fight for freedom of over 300 slaves through the shadows of death, through the rivers of cold water and large empty valleys that contributed to the dangers of running for freedom. This was done after she was told by society that she can’t go back time and time again.
The war she fought fueled her mission to take as many slaves out of a vicious life called: slavery.
But the lesson Harriet Tubman taught me was this: what are we fighting for in our 21st century right now? Have we become comfortable in our culture that provides us comfortable food, clothing, transportation, accommodations, travels, jobs, rights that we have lost sight of our future.
These days the comfort we create in our lives lead us to agree to the saying “it can’t be done.” So we get home from work, after being so exhausted, we lay our bodies on the couch and proceed to be fueled by entertainment.
We fall into the world of consumers, but not producers all in the name of freedom. Only to find out that deep down on the inside, we are eager to unleash our desires to become creative, to produce our God given talent and dream bigger dreams.
Define your freedom, your purpose in life, your desires to greatness and fight for it, only because it can be done.
It was all discovered after watching the movie, Harriet.
