How much of life do we really have total control over?

Answer 1

As much control as a grain of sand in a boiling pot of water.

Answer 2

We have control over the decisions that we make day to day. The consequences are often not of our control, though sometimes they can be. Sometimes, we make decisions and reach more decisions. We cannot control Nature and we cannot control all facets of fate. We cannot control other people and their decisions, but we can often influence them. I cannot control my neighbors. What they do, day by day is totally up to them. Yet, if I want to , I can go out and influence their decisions by interaction with them or by doing something that they may be concerned with. I cannot control traffic, but I can influence it by parking my car in the middle of the street. I'm sure we can spend all day coming up with more and more examples, but I think you get the idea. Heck, I just influenced you, even if you don't believe a word I said, I influenced that decision. I don't have control over it,but just being here is still and influence.

Answer 3

We have total control only over our own actions. We have absolutely zero control over anything else. We can still influence, persuade or affect things, but control is an entirely self-directed activity. That's it! Just over ourselves!

Answer 4

The control we have over our life varies in direct proportion to how well we take control of that which we already possess.

Answer 5

Does Life control itself? So we might too, not others but themselves. That is a solution.

Answer 6

total, we are limited only by our previous choices, the ones that opened choices your going through now