Surrender as a non-stupid life strategy

It must be nice to choose this approach to life. For most people it is hoisted on them. You want to have a place to live you take a job the job doesn't pay enough, you take another. Your parents get old you take care of them. You have a child you need more money, you get another job. That job takes your time you don't know your kid. Etc.etc. Having no agency is the dream of people who waste having agency. Not surprising there's no explanation of what "achieving all my goals in my 20's" means or the lack of explaining how they got there.

The author likely doesn't realize how privilege influences their worldview and I don't fault them for it, but as readers we do need to bring this awareness with us. Giving up agency is a concept that somehow has traction today in a country founded on every citizen having agency that can only work if we have a complete lack of self awareness.

> By contrast, you can, right now, try believing that what’s happening is what’s supposed to be happening, in exactly the right order.

My government is currently killing people for looking Mexican. Any advice for how I should apply this belief there?

Dude. Here on HN the only Tao we want to hear about is Terence.