Tolerance

[Zooey]

So while we are given things of which we had no choice, what we choose to do with our lives always has choices. What I do with the life that was given me always has choices. Choices are based upon situation, options and consequences. Granted, sometimes our options are limited, the then again at other times our options are plentiful. So for one to say that they had no choice in what they chose to do is probably not really “No Choice” but their best choice based upon their situation and their options and therefore have to accept the consequences since free will does give us the choice of options. So if someone chooses to transition, more power to them. But then on the other hand if someone wishes to not transition, more power to them as well. Choices are personal. And there is always a choice. We are forced to do nothing in changing our lives.

I know, right? You always have a choice. This applies to so many other things too!!!

Like, why do people living in poverty always complain about not being able to get good jobs that pay enough money? It's like, why don't they just choose to go to college and get a better job so they're not poor anymore? It's always bothered me that people who are "depressed" don't just choose to be happy. Seriously, it's not hard. And I mean, I know somebody who's got cancer, but why do they constantly whine about the difficulty of chemo? I mean, it was their choice to take it - they could've just died if they hate it so much. Don't even get me started on dyslexic people who complain in class. I mean, PRACTICE READING, crybaby. You have to choose to get better.

Back to reality, because not even my incredibly strong reservoir of sarcasm can keep up with how icky it made me feel to write that.

Imagine that you've got a choice to make, and your only two options are...

• Death (or a lifetime of unbearable misery)
• Literally anything else

I feel terribly sorry for anybody who thinks that's actually a choice.

If you need to transition, you need to. It may look like a choice to people who don't need to, but it's not. At most, it's a false choice.