Train Ride to Flushing

"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental, or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest."-John Stuart Mill

Sitting on my long ass train ride from the city, almost getting to my stop, I open my eyes and look up. There is this paragraph by John Stuart Mill and it hit home. There has been a lot of political talk these days which is great that people are getting involved. But this hit home. Let people be who they are gonna be. Give them the information and the tools but it's up to them to use it.

Follow Up: Researching John Stuart Mill I found another dope perspective.

“He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgement to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision. "