Fair point. I guess I should clarify what I mean by soothing - that our desires aren’t what determines things, that things are outside of our control, can help us move toward acceptance because there is often literally nothing we can do. Thus needing something to be and wanting it to be are not necessarily conjoined. We can want things t…
Fair point. I guess I should clarify what I mean by soothing - that our desires aren’t what determines things, that things are outside of our control, can help us move toward acceptance because there is often literally nothing we can do. Thus needing something to be and wanting it to be are not necessarily conjoined. We can want things to be that just can’t be and then we learn to live without them, whereas needing something to be that isn’t can leave us feeling stranded
Fair point. I guess I should clarify what I mean by soothing - that our desires aren’t what determines things, that things are outside of our control, can help us move toward acceptance because there is often literally nothing we can do. Thus needing something to be and wanting it to be are not necessarily conjoined. We can want things to be that just can’t be and then we learn to live without them, whereas needing something to be that isn’t can leave us feeling stranded
Well said.
Well thank you :)