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cksmithy

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7. I believe they have referenced

Reply to MayReasonRule (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:11 PM

Mar 29

a religious based thought about "accepting things that are out of your control," it is ok to try to change or improve things you can actually change, but if you can't change it just accept it. It's like be stuck in a highway traffic/accident. You can't move your car because the traffic stopped. Can't move. We don't have to stop, or accept the baloney they are serving. We do need to start changing these daily bs situations. The things we cannot accept, have to be changed..

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Enough Is Enough [View all] MayReasonRule Mar 29 OP

Mighty task. cachukis Mar 29 #1

100% -- Our Freedoms Are Reason Based -- When Delusion Rules Our Freedoms Cease To Exist -- Which Is Why... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #3

Based on the homegirl Mar 29 #9

Had no idea. cachukis Mar 29 #12

Lol... Yeah... "Kinda"... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #18

Nice take on famous saying. It can happen because "what we can change" is fluid & indeterminate until after the event.nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #2

I'm Not Certain I'm Familiar With "The Saying" You've Referenced... It's Intriguing... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #4

I believe they have referenced cksmithy Mar 29 #7

I am thinking that Codifer Mar 29 #8

That's the one. I think it might be older than them but they certainly use it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #13

It is believed to have originated with Reinhold Niebuhr lastlib Mar 30 #29

Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 30 #30

So The "Spin" Is "Fuck That And Fuck Fascists Be The Change You Want To See"... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #19

See post 10 FailureToCommunicate Mar 29 #11

Post 8 and post 10 have it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #16

From AA - the Serenity Prayer Mountain Mule Mar 30 #28

I know it well. ChazInAz Mar 30 #33

44 Years - Wow! Mountain Mule Mar 31 #38

Just had my AA Birthday ChazInAz Apr 1 #39

So true. cachukis Mar 29 #14

Perfect! NotHardly Mar 29 #5

Well said. 👍 Dave Bowman Mar 29 #6

Even Reinhold Niebuhr would agree that there are times to act, not accept. FailureToCommunicate Mar 29 #10

The difference fluctuates. What we CAN change is sometimes dependent on what HAS changed Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #15

Great wisdom. hamsterjill Mar 29 #17

When you're out of power Meowmee Mar 29 #20

Amen & Hallelujah! Cha Mar 29 #21

You have a plan? Hekate Mar 29 #22

My Plan Is To Work Within Arms Reach Of My Ass... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #23

The Serenity Prayer in its entirty. Radical Lutheran Mar 29 #24

Missouri Synod in the house! marble falls Mar 30 #27

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The Serenity Prayer, in its Entirety Radical Lutheran Mar 29 #25

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