▲ 1202 ▼ Activate gargoyle mode (discuss.online) submitted 1 month ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children) Thinking I have no control over things feels defeatist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lyrac@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) You can control things, just not everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago Well yea. My point is, there is very little you have "no control" over; and "things I can influence" is where stress comes from permalink fedilink source parent [–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago Y'all have never been to court ordered alcoholics anonymous meetings and it shows. Reinhold Niebuhr wrote the first known version of the Serenity Prayer, and it's been through a few revisions just by popular word of mouth or even literal Hallmark greeting cards, but the version they say at AA meetings is: God, 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. The basic principle can be decoupled from the religious origins and still be a useful approach to life. Learn not to stress about the things not in your control, while still taking control of the influence you do have. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) You can control things, just not everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago Well yea. My point is, there is very little you have "no control" over; and "things I can influence" is where stress comes from permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago Well yea. My point is, there is very little you have "no control" over; and "things I can influence" is where stress comes from permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago Y'all have never been to court ordered alcoholics anonymous meetings and it shows. Reinhold Niebuhr wrote the first known version of the Serenity Prayer, and it's been through a few revisions just by popular word of mouth or even literal Hallmark greeting cards, but the version they say at AA meetings is: God, 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. The basic principle can be decoupled from the religious origins and still be a useful approach to life. Learn not to stress about the things not in your control, while still taking control of the influence you do have. permalink fedilink source parent