tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post899301716369157713..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: ControlChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-87873917699392737192007-10-31T17:18:00.000-04:002007-10-31T17:18:00.000-04:00"The only thing I can do is work on how I respond ..."The only thing I can do is work on how I respond to situations. Everything else is beyond me, much as I don't want it to be.?"<BR/><BR/>Hakol Bigday Shamayim Chutz m'Yirat Shamayim. Big realization to come to on your own. <BR/><BR/>Just be careful of learning Ishbitz where you discover that really Hakol Bigday Shamayim Afilu Yirat Shamayim. That's a scary place to be in. Good thing we live in a world from the perspective of man, we still have our Yirat Shamayim...<BR/><BR/>Purim HeroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-41847946172900041852007-07-16T10:12:00.000-04:002007-07-16T10:12:00.000-04:00Wow...brutal honesty, all the way. You don't even...Wow...brutal honesty, all the way. You don't even need to tell us that you're no good at lying and pretending; if you were, you'd never be able to put such harsh personal stuff about yourself out there on the web for all to see.<BR/><BR/>I can understand the need for control, though in my own life I don't take it to quite the same extreme. The problem is, that after awhile, the need to be in control turns around and begins to control you. It consumes you, and that way lies madness...we will only be free when we can understand that not everything in life is under our control. We relinquish our illusion of control to G-d, and leave Him to take care of His world.<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between relinquishing control and abdicating responsibility, however.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-9048958724319599522007-07-15T22:26:00.000-04:002007-07-15T22:26:00.000-04:00OK you have addicted me to the blogging world. Fo...OK you have addicted me to the blogging world. For interesting reading on this topic of control, I suggest you read Rav Soloveitchik's article "Catharsis," which I believe was written for Tradition. I'm not sure where it can be found in print right now. I admit that I did not just reread the article before recommending it to you but at least my impression/memory of what I read of it in a class on the Rav's philosophy addresses the issue of man's need for control. It may be that some of the connections that I draw are based not on the article itself but on the discussions I have had about it. Anyway, you might find it interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-51511380688773948102007-07-15T05:13:00.000-04:002007-07-15T05:13:00.000-04:00Looks like someones up late, trapped in thought :)...Looks like someones up late, trapped in thought :)<BR/><BR/>Chana, your honosty about your feelings is almost shocking.<BR/>And I think it is your biggest strength. The fact that you are able to analyze your thoughts, pick them apart, realize possible flaws, and do your best to tell yourself of another way to think about things is incredible and beautiful.<BR/>It reminds me of an earlier post you wrote entitled "What Comes Naturally". We all deserve the most credit, not for doing what comes naturally to us, but for doing what is unnatural to us. You have certain "natural" ideas about control, yet in this post, you seem to realize what is perhaps problematic about these ideas, and you acutually tell yourself to think in a different way, yet in a way that is so counterintuitive to you. <BR/>I know how uncomfortable "thought-changing" can be. Kol Hakavod to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com