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control


there’s nothing to do but what we’re doing until the next moment when we’ll be doing that, whatever that may be





looking forward into the stream of living,
I see hopes, dreams, plans, expectations;
looking back, I see the luck of the drift





you can no more lead a horse to water than you can make him drink





the notion that you are the author of your life, however popular and seemingly useful, is a basic ingredient in the recipe for suffering




illusion

02/16/2009 · 0 comments

in human living


the illusion of control is the most fundamental (and cruelest) illusion of all




futility

02/09/2009 · 0 comments

in human living


a life organized around accumulating power is a life spent trying to control the outcomes in life




control

04/15/2008 · 0 comments

in moments


always unaware -
how strong the desire for control -
until a moment of letting go





if I could change my mind, I would