enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat is a life lesson you never seem to learn?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a life lesson you never seem to learn?enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·6 days agoThat worrying about things outside of my control is entirely pointless. And that in the vast majority of cases, things turn out fine.
minus-squareUncleArthur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoCircle of Influence vs. Circle of Concern. Put all your effort into the things in the former category because, however hard you try, you can’t influence the things in the latter one.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoTrue in many cases, or maybe most of the time, but the way things are going, there really are a load of existential things at work to be both aware of, wary of, and take precautions against. These are not the ‘simple times’ of even 20yrs ago.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoThings have been turning out Not Fine for frigging years now. Do you honestly think climate change will miraculously fix itself?
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoI was thinking on a way less global scale. Like people getting home safely, recovering from illness etc
That worrying about things outside of my control is entirely pointless. And that in the vast majority of cases, things turn out fine.
Circle of Influence vs. Circle of Concern.
Put all your effort into the things in the former category because, however hard you try, you can’t influence the things in the latter one.
True in many cases, or maybe most of the time, but the way things are going, there really are a load of existential things at work to be both aware of, wary of, and take precautions against.
These are not the ‘simple times’ of even 20yrs ago.
Things have been turning out Not Fine for frigging years now. Do you honestly think climate change will miraculously fix itself?
I was thinking on a way less global scale. Like people getting home safely, recovering from illness etc