While I Studiously Avoid Politics Here...

This is a happy place for me (and hopefully for you who visit also, lol)

Thus politics and policy, amid my opinion on such, rarely make an appearance here.

This however speaks, I believe, to an issue which has no sides ~ or all sides.

It has been making the rounds of the internet - sadly with no authorship information I can locate -  as

I would LOVE to give credit to the intellect that drafted this!

No doubt one could easily slide this I'm about to share into a dark and argumentative place.

Please don't (at least not here, lol)

My point of view on this is this:

Since I was old enough to grasp and direct what my physical being needed or preferred I've stood strongly on the side of it being my choice to dictate the scope of all pertaining to my physical being.

Needs to be met, such as: hot, cold, tired, hungry, in pain.

Emotions occurring, such as: happy, sad, angry, frustrated.

Illnesses to be treated ~ or not.

To have children ~ or not.

To have a glass of wine or a beer ~ or not.

To consume healthy food ~ or not (rather often) lol

To consume twinkies ~ quite often (note: good with beer, lol)

I hold dear the concept and application that this little bit of real estate

comprised of water and bone, flesh and insanity should remain withing and under

MY control, my direction, as after all I abide and exist within.

I feel quite strongly that I am best qualified to choose my options.

(which at times differ from even those I love and who love me not to mention the world at large).

So you can imagine I'm not inclined to casually sign off on ANYone or ANYthing that slinks towards curtailing my ability to choose and direct my own rung of choice and destiny upon the ladder of life.

With that preamble (and one last request to read/view in the spirit shared) I give you