enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 天前What is a life lesson you never seem to learn?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a life lesson you never seem to learn?enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 天前message-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·13 天前That 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-up5·13 天前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.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 天前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.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 天前Things 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-212 天前I 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