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Binary thinking limits. Control is an illusion or at best minimal. You are not your emotions. There are seasons in life. Let the river carry you to the ocean. I
by aschearer 3y ago
Binary thinking limits. Control is an illusion or at best minimal. You are not your emotions. There are seasons in life. Let the river carry you to the ocean. It's up to you how that process feels.
- Night_Thastus 3y agoI don't get the "control is an illusion" part. Maybe in some cosmic/determinism sense, but that wouldn't be very useful for day-to-day.
- aschearer 3y agoUltimately it's an article of faith. A leap. If it helps, here's a metaphor: you're in a vessel in the middle of a vast, swift river. You have a paddle. Do you have control? Yes. Can you control the outcome? No. More pithily, "Man plans, and God laughs."
- JohnFen 3y agoI view it as a variant of the basic lesson the parable "The Oak and the Reed" presents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oak_and_the_Reed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oak_and_the_Reed