Whenever…

we take it upon ourselves to decide for another what they need we take away their power to decide for themselves.

We reduce the space in which they can be human. We reduce the space in which they can be free to make their own choices. We reduce the space in which they get to be who they can be. We reduce the space in which they get to make the kind of choices we value being able to make ourselves in our own lives.

And, we deny them opportunity in which they might learn, to reclaim their power and use it to make choices enabling them to live a life worth living – and worth living on their own terms…