Thoughts On Personal Purpose
By: Autumn Sandeen Saturday September 22, 2012 7:00 am
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/09/22/thoughts-on-personal-purpose/It's just not enough to know what one's against. One has to know what one is for, and then work and sacrifice for it.
This point of view — the one in the quote above — I've espoused before. It not only applies to those who commit to making the world a better place for social justice, but also applies to so many situations to include faith, career, and family; this point of view defines an approach to life that looks at the human need many of us feel for purpose.
I'm one of those who needs that sense of purpose.
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I'm against that which diminishes trans people in a way that fails to recognize their personal gender truths; I'm for recognizing gender as a spectrum, and for having personal gender truths recognized by government.
I'm against military policy that treats all who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria as ineligible for military service; I'm for open service for trans people in similar manner to have lesbian, gay, and bisexual people now can serve openly.
But at the same time, I'm for taking care of myself; I'm for others taking care of themselves.
