Independance Day

We just celebrated Independence Day, better known as the 4th of July.
This year as I was thinking about how I wasn't celebrating, it hit me hard, how independent are we. I am not talking as a nation that would be a whole neither post. I am talking about how we live each day. Today is Monday, how many of us already have a "to do" list that we are not looking forward to doing, have any of you already agreed to accomplish way more than you should have? How many of us are carrying around guilt, fear, and anger for doing or not doing these things? How many of us will do things on our own, because no one will do it the way we want or how we think it should be done?

I ask again how Independent are we? If I ask for help does that mean I am not independent? If I rely on someone else to help me achieve my "to do" list, does that make me needy or weak?

I realized, for me Independence is having a full understanding of who I am. I haven't, nor will I be "assimilated".

What are your thoughts?