I don't feel freedom is being able to do what you want. To me it seems as if freedom is more about being ok with what happens, being free in ones mind to allow reality to be as it is, being ok with the unknown. Freedom, in the absolute sense, would require absolute control of reality, which we do not nor will ever have. There is no such thing as absolute freedom in a meat body.
However, if one is free within themselves, it doesn't much matter what happens in life. Example, I go to the supermarket and buy food for my children. If there were a global collapse of the food systems we currently rely on, and I am free, I will move through this more gracefully than if I am mentally bound to the fact that I have been supplied with food for little to no effort my entire life. Does that make sense? Kitty, that you talk about, is likely free. They take what you give them and enjoy it, but if you drop dead and the food supply runs out, they will either get out to the world and learn to hunt, or eat you. They are free in that respect. As are we, if we choose it.
