Each one of us has the means to assert our agency. It begins with a choice, but it is ensured by action. Few men of accomplishment, da Vinci noted, got there by things happening to them. No, he said, they are what has happened. So which will you be? The immovable object or the unstoppable force? The leader or the follower? The passive acceptance or the active resistance? You have to believe you can make a difference. You have to try to make one. Because this too is an effective truth. The unreasonable person is the one who changes the world. The one who believes they can decide the end of the
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