(02-26-2026, 04:17 PM)putnam6 Wrote: So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains
That we never even know we have the key...
Blaming "our over-lords" because of how one feels personally is just denying one's complete
and absolute personal responsibility.
Not a fan of the attitude
Generally speaking, I control my own "feelings", and hold no one else responsible for how I feel at any particular time. I learned long ago that it is a dangerous thing to give someone else that much control over yourself. After a while, one begins to wonder how much of "you" is really you, and how much is what has been installed by someone else, maybe "someone else" that you may not want installing malware into your own psyche.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake