Independent or Inter-dependent

We are all yawning for independence. Independence means freedom, whether it is a financial or a physical freedom. My back-pain episode teaches a deeper meaning of independence: the true independence comes from the inter-dependence. How true it is when I am feeling physical handicap with the back pain! My eyes probably can still see and my ears can still hear well without the back; however, how different could my eye see and could my ears hear without a healthy back? How true it is when we are all dependent on one another, supporting each other whether it is in the family or in the community that each one of us to achieve our freedom and independence?