stream of consciousness 30.03.05

it's a beautiful day today. it was nice out two days ago, too. but yesterday, my day off, was rainy. know thyself. that can be so difficult. is the word individual closely related to the word indivisible. that's what one wise guy thinks. it's quite possible. a person who is a whole person and who is part of the whole. independent, though, is very different. a person who thinks that he or she is independent is actually delusional. we are always dependent. children want to be free from parents. parents can't stand their boss. the boss is restricted by the government. officials have to look out for the voters. the president is weighed down by checks and balances. a dictator has to look out for assassins. poor men want to be rich, rich men want to be kings, kings want to be gods. we are never satisfied. we are never free. but there's an unless. your attitude is more powerful than your situation. a believing slave is the Lord's freeman. every man is a slave either to sin or to the Lord. people who are oppressed in an oppressive country may be more inwardly free than a person in america held in bondage to his appetite. back to individuals. individuals are made by having their strengths recognized and their weaknesses supported. do I know my own strengths and weaknesses? locus of control. you are responsible. is your locus external? do you blame everyone and everything else for what has happened to you? or do you have an internal locus of control? do you take responsibility for your choices, actions, attitude? that was kind of fun. hope some of it made sense to you.