nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq7vjhqu8nd8gk0uahk0mrek0605nycuz547u8nhwmp9xp8d3xc22su2evrs (nprofile…evrs) My first boss back in 1998 (who was a wonderful man, and I was very lucky to have him. He taught me a lot about life, and integrity, and ethics, and generally how to be a decent human being) used to say, "You don't make right decisions. You make decisions right."
In other words, you make a decision based on the options you have, with the information you have, and under the circumstances you find yourself in. And then you stick to that decision and you roll with the punches and you see things through until it all works out (which, yeah, obviously means making loads of other decisions based on options that the first one leads to).
Privilege is real, and I, for one, definitely had it (although I'm also disabled, so does that even things out? Do we really want to play that game? 😟), but I feel very sad when I hear people blaming their lack of privilege for all their circumstances, as if they never had any option of making themselves successful, so why even bother trying?
It's harder, no doubt. I cannot begin to imagine how hard it must be, in some cases. But people still have agency. It's still possible for anyone to make a success of things. I have to believe that.
Graham Downs /
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2024-12-27 08:06:38
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