BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 3 ansMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1651
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minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 3 ansYou don’t “fix” other people. You fix yourself. That’s all you have any control over.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 3 ansYou don’t control other people, but you constantly influence them. Isn’t the whole point of a pastor to encourage other people to be their best selves? Isn’t that fixing them?
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 3 ansEncourage, sure. Control, no. As was implied.
You don’t “fix” other people. You fix yourself. That’s all you have any control over.
You don’t control other people, but you constantly influence them.
Isn’t the whole point of a pastor to encourage other people to be their best selves? Isn’t that fixing them?
Encourage, sure. Control, no. As was implied.