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Grex Directions Item 8: Are You In Control?
Entered by danr on Thu May 21 10:57:36 UTC 1992:

Do you think you're in control of your life, or are you just sort of
going along for the ride?  

Which way is better?

13 responses total.

#1 of 13 by bad on Thu May 21 13:38:51 1992:

I prefer self-propelled transportation.

#2 of 13 by keats on Thu May 21 15:35:04 1992:

i'm not in control of any of the most important questions of my life right
now.

pass the butter, please.

#3 of 13 by arthur on Thu May 21 19:57:40 1992:

   I'm very much in control of my life right now.  Not that it
helps all that much :-).

   Studying Stoic and Existentialist philosophy lead me to believe
that, ultimately, I can be as much in control of my life as I
want.  Choice is *always* there, if you look for it and are willing
to take the consequences.  Keeping your desires modest gives you
a great deal of economic freedom -- which gives other freedoms in
our society :( -- and gives one the flexibility to ride out
difficult times.  ( I remember reading an article about 'hard times'
in the late '80s in the Wall Street Journal, where a couple was
complaining how hard it was to make ends meet on $200,000 a year.)

#4 of 13 by mta on Thu May 21 20:08:55 1992:

I'm along for the ride right now--I'm not sure I've *ever* been in full control
but at times I've tried harder and produced a better illusion.  When hard
work and a good attitiude are sufficient to ensure dinner on the table, then
I'll believe it may be more than an illusion.

#5 of 13 by walker on Fri May 22 15:11:20 1992:

I seem to be along for the ride, with fear and desire at the tiller.

#6 of 13 by arthur on Sun May 24 19:38:12 1992:

  Aaaahh, the Wheel of Fear and Desire.

#7 of 13 by wizard on Tue Jun 16 04:15:43 1992:

Im entirely too much in control of my life right now, and I dont like it.

#8 of 13 by suzie on Sat Jun 27 18:42:41 1992:

The ride is alright if the vehicle is comfortable. I just 
don't know about the control idea.

#9 of 13 by mta on Sat Jun 27 20:22:59 1992:


Dunno, Suzie--your vehicle looks pretty comfortable, but who's driving if not 
you??   ;)

#10 of 13 by tsty on Wed Jul 15 06:35:31 1992:

arthur's #3 seems about right for me ...

#11 of 13 by otterwmn on Sun Apr 2 13:01:39 1995:

Sometimes we can't control what happens to us, but we can always control our
response to it, and our attitudes about it. These are what determine our
happiness, the attainment of which is our reason for being.

#12 of 13 by lexiel on Sun Mar 15 18:21:11 1998:

At this very moment in my life I've just started looking back and trying 
to see where I had control.  I have to wonder how many things in my life 
happened because I made a choice, and how many were made by default 
because of my lack of making a choice.

#13 of 13 by papa on Fri Sep 21 19:16:21 2018:

resp:8

"And baby we don't have to drive it, we can park it out in back
 And have a party in your pink Cadillac ...."

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