Posted by Dinah on March 7, 2005, at 22:28:20
In reply to Re: Reducing participation in babble » Dinah, posted by pinkeye on March 7, 2005, at 22:19:31
Hmmm... I think there's a difference between what I meant and what you heard. It is possible to be helpful on Babble. Although it might be a slight problem to you if that's your main goal here, because you'll be doomed to frustration. Many of us aren't all that easy to help, not quickly at least. Just ask my poor therapist.
I mean it in a global sense. Admitting powerlessness is actually very freeing. It doesn't have to do with feeling hopeless or anything like that. It's a relinquishment of the desire for control. Especially for the desire for control over things that we do not really have the ability to control anyway.
Like... Man can build good buildings and roads that can withstand hurricanes better than any buildings and roads have ever done. And that's a terrific goal. But in the end, a direct hit from a powerful storm is out of our control. It's out of our power.
So it's more like the Serenity Prayer, perhaps?
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