Advice on Authentic Agency

You are more capable than you think you are, and you will be treated by what you allow.

Consider, you were once a helpless human.

Totally incapable of feeding yourself and unable to move where you desired.

That is no longer the case, and for most, that helplessness does not return for many decades once you have awakened your agency.

Remember how you learned.

Take walking: there was a time when standing was difficult, then you wobbled long before you walked, let alone ran.

You built yourself brick by brick, pulling yourself up every time you fell.

Do not allow yourself to be abused by anyone, especially those in authority.

Your employer does not own the agency you worked so long to acquire.

Your parents, even if they were awful, are a passing blockade, a barrier that will be removed naturally, as so many others have been before them.

Stay strong and stay true to yourself.

Which requires you to know yourself above anything else.

Remember, you will be treated based on what you allow.

An open letter to whomever, written to a younger self and to you.