| quick, dreamy entry about value and use of control. |
[Jun. 1st, 2006|01:17 pm] |
Control may be wanted by some
It is misleading because you can only have full control over that which your attention is focused upon.
If you want to control your life(==many things) then you must split your attention, hence insufficient control, hence the way that one who wants universal control is easily upset -- they are aware that their control lacks.
Therefore for control, it is good to develop the ability to control one thing (known commonly as discipline)
. Because you cannot focus on more than one thing effectively, 'having a good life'
means obtaining some of what you want, building a mechanism to maintain and increase it, and maintaining that mechanism. Your ongoing control is required only in the last step.
This insight is courtesy of programming, my latest birthday party, and listening to two girls talking excessively and often sillily. |
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