Comment on quote, anyone?

Have you ever heard about this quote: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (J.J. Rousseau) ?
I'll try to make a rough picture about the meaning behind this quote.

Everyone is born into this world with freedom, we are. At the same time, we are also limited by invisible chains around us. These chains will bind us until our death, no matter how hard we struggle. The chains are not necessarily bad; it depends on how we react to them. The chains may force us to think harder in order to resolve a problem or stall us far away from improvement. In addition, these chains know no limit. Thus, place and time cannot erase their existence. These chains take the form of society, environment, religion, and rules, to name a few. All of these aspects are intertwined and together they limit our freedom
In society, we are given a certain role we must play. We play our roles every day without being aware of them. We develop ourselves and play a greater role that has more influence on others. In the end, we are stuck in this cycle. This is how society takes our freedom away; we are forced to do the same thing everyday such as studying, working, and so on. The advantage of this is it can stimulate us to do things better and more effectively. But, once people start to compete with each other and try to be the best, a conflict may occur. That would be disadvantageous.
As for environment, it’s not that much different from society. In nature, certain laws apply to all forms of life. We must abide by the law and try to cope with it. The good thing about this is it will maintain the balance of our environment steadily. The bad news is we are not exempted, so if we can not cope with it we will not be able to survive. We are locked up in the law.
Both religions and rules restrict our behaviors. This is nice because it encourages mankind to do good things and help each other. Religions and rules may be almost the same in term of their positive contributions. However, rules were made by humans; so are religions. Therefore, there is a chance that they can be misguided and corrupted. So, there they are, trapped by rules which are disadvantageous to them.
In conclusion, we do not need to fret about the “chains” at all. This is how things in our world work. We only need to work together and try our best to reach our dreams. We must not let the chains discourage us. We should be able to move freely in the chains. At least, we can choose our own paths freely and do things in our way to a certain extent.

That is my opinion about what the quote means. Any other ideas? :D

Hmm...

1 week ago, I went across a site called ezinearticles.com. I found that it was a good place to submit any of your article(s). So, I decided to submit my essay. Here's the copy of it.

Have you ever experienced love? Love is one of the best things in our lives. Love is abstract; we can’t really see or touch it. The only way to experience it is by using our mind. “Real” love is not that “lovey-dovey” stuff, which is quite common among youth these days, but a universal expression of joy.
In this world, we need to socialize with others. As we interact with other people, there is a good chance that we will feel love for a particular person, such as our mother, father, a friend, etc. Ironically, many times we do not realize that we are feeling “love”. For example, I only realized how much I loved my family when I parted from them. Prior to that, I didn’t really think or feel much about them. I just put them in the same category with other people – maybe a little higher. However, once I left them, something didn’t feel right. That’s when I finally understood that this was love. Maybe I did not have enough time to think about my feelings before that. I feel extremely happy knowing that I love my family from the bottom of my heart.
Perhaps it’s quite hard for us to love someone – or to acknowledge that we love someone. Sadly, too often we only realize how much we love someone once we have lost them. We may be selfish by saying that we only love ourselves, but this is not unequivocally true. We love a certain person as much as we love ourselves. Remember that we are not the only one giving love; we are also getting it. Thus, we should fill our hearts with love. Love can make us to be more mature, stronger, and better.
The power of love is immeasureable. For instance, love can end a conflict at its critical stage. Love can prevent war. Basically, war happens because evil resides in our hearts. We can avoid war and other bad things if our love is strong enough. We must not let evil take control of our hearts.
Everybody has the ability to love. It can bring happiness and joy to all people. We can easily get through hard times with it. To put it simply, we can experience a better life with love in our hearts.


Well, that was it. From now on, maybe I will write more articles / essay. Wish me luck. :D