Discuss your reaction to the following statement: "We distinguish correctly between what can be improved and what cannot be helped being resigned to the latter but working aggressively for the betterment of the former."
2007-04-09 18:47:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It means lets look at how we can improve a situation and not on the bad things that someone cannot stop.
In other words, ignore the bad and lets look at how we can make the good better. Problem is, you can make the good better by fixing the bad...
2007-04-09 18:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by linus_van_pelt_4968 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
what cannot be helped- thats where fear and terror come from people have huge angst over these kinds of things. Often they will expend massive resources on this sort of thing. For example all the activity after 9/11 pulled off by 20 individuals with maybe millions invested, we have expended trillions in afganistan, and Iraq as well as >3,000 soldiers lives, became a nation that had initially thought torture was a good idea, as well as further military spending
what can be improved- or response is largely dependent on how easily this can be done.
2007-04-09 18:56:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-02 11:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by bebber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a restatement of The Serenity Prayer:
Lord grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.
2007-04-09 18:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by qwiff_hunter 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As a normative statement, it is correct. From a positive/empirical standpoint, however, I think it is a goal we haven't obtained.
2007-04-09 18:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by DBm41 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My reaction:
Dang. It's too late to commit any brain cells to figuring THAT out for ya.
2007-04-09 18:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who is "We" LuLu?
If your resigned to something you are not working aggressively for something else...you are going through the motions.
2007-04-09 18:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by universatile love 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This sounds like gobbledygook from Dubya. I'm not sure there is anything that cannot be "helped". Even a terminal cancer patient can be cheered up, made comfortable, etc.
2007-04-09 18:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by Joey's Back 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
We try to change the things that we can for the better and to recognize those things we cannot change.
2007-04-09 18:57:07 · answer #9 · answered by danny_boy_jones 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you just make that question up? You're a genius...a question that has no answer.
2007-04-10 14:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by DeborahDel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋