I often feel that this desire for 'the right answer,' ingrained in all of us from grade school, has caused in a lot of people (myself included) this paralyzing fear of 'the wrong decision,' because 'wrong'=BAD, and we never want to be BAD, do we? Unfortunately, we never know how things will turn out, and some of the best intended moves have paved the way to personal hell for many people I know, myself included. It's incredibly frustrating, as I'm sure you know, but in the end, you can only make a jump and hope you don't land flat on your face. (it sounds easy, doesn't it?)
As for Iraq, I'm taking a wait and see approach. I know that this isn't the governmental equivalent of taking chicken soup to a sick friend, but I also refuse to believe it's as sinister as some other people make it out to be. We'll probably have grandchildren (if we choose to produce offspring, I was just providing a time frame) before we'll have a full understanding of things. If there was any lesson to be learned from the Cold War era, it's that nothing is as simple as it seems from the outside - for better and for worse.
But it all comes down to me and the next right thing I can do is. The rest of that stuff is largely out of my control. You are SO completely right about that! :) I try to live my life the same way.
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Re: "i've got better things to do than survive"
Date: 2003-03-21 06:20 am (UTC)As for Iraq, I'm taking a wait and see approach. I know that this isn't the governmental equivalent of taking chicken soup to a sick friend, but I also refuse to believe it's as sinister as some other people make it out to be. We'll probably have grandchildren (if we choose to produce offspring, I was just providing a time frame) before we'll have a full understanding of things. If there was any lesson to be learned from the Cold War era, it's that nothing is as simple as it seems from the outside - for better and for worse.
But it all comes down to me and the next right thing I can do is. The rest of that stuff is largely out of my control.
You are SO completely right about that! :) I try to live my life the same way.