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Living the Lifestyle - Monday 6/21/21

crewahl
crewahl Posts: 5,341 Member
edited June 22 in Social Groups
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Today's Topic: Just chill . . .

I read a quote today that made me think a bit. It said, “You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.”

Do you agree with this? If so, how do you make it happen? What do you do to help yourself let go?

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  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 5,341 Member
    I think I agree in principle, but not necessarily in execution.

    Some of it that guy “see a problem; solve a problem” urge, but I think part of it is simply a desire to feel in control of things that affect me (and yes, some that don’t.) Feeling that I am the captain of my ship is fairly important to me. Situations where someone takes control of a situation that affects me when I’m perfectly capable of handling it myself is maddening. (Can you say “pharmacy benefit management?)

    So I don’t have a solution for this, and I’m hoping someone has some suggestions.
  • podkey
    podkey Posts: 5,386 Member
    edited June 2021
    Yeah I don't like being out of control which seems to be often with medical and pharmacy situations. My health insurance wants to strip away ER trip payments that THEY deem unnecessary. I am sorry but I am not a Dr and don't play one on T.V. either. Of course I don't think I abuse ER trips. Urgent Care refuses to treat Norovirus with I.V. solutions which will do the trick. They also refused to put my baby finger back in place which was dislocated.
    Rant over. Ah but makes me feel better.
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,600 Member
    It’s complicated. During the pandemic I mostly read books. War And Peace and The Black Swan were two of them. Generally they dealt with the same subject - the fallibility of plans.

    So in one sense we might as well let go because our tight grip on the wheel is illusory. But I don’t think that means “things will work out.” Not if that means things will be ok because a lot of the time they won’t. Pretending that we can control that is a waste of effort.
  • misterhub
    misterhub Posts: 7,205 Member
    Back in the day, I read a lot of Taoist philosophy. The idea of letting things work themselves out is a major component of Taoist philosophy. Some people take that to mean that one should never do anything to try to control a situation. But, that is not what it means.

    While most things will work themselves out eventually, sometimes action is required. However, it needs to be the right action at the right time.

    Many people take action at the first moment an issue raises its head, without really understanding the source of the issue or determining the potential risks. As a result, they often take the wrong action and have to make a series of course corrections to mitigate the effects of the original decision. A bit of analysis will lead to the right action at the right time.

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