Responsibility and Control

Have you ever dreamed of something that seemed impossible? Have you ever woke up one morning only to find that not only was it possible, but because you had thought it impossible, you had not prepared for it- and now it was highly unlikely? Have you ever thought to yourself, "I'm stuck, and it is my own fault."? I have something to say about all this. As many people know, what you believe affects how you act. As fewer people know, you are not exactly in complete control of what you believe (try to stop believing that your mother,at one time, was alive and existed- go ahead and tell me what kind of genuine control you have over that). This means that in an important sense, you are not in complete control over how you act. You are, however, pretty well responsible for how you act. There is a tension that should haunt you a bit. Or perhaps it should haunt you a lot. I ask myself sometimes, "how did I get here?" It is not always so readily apparent.