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MayReasonRule

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23. My Plan Is To Work Within Arms Reach Of My Ass...

Reply to Hekate (Reply #22)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:13 PM

Mar 2025

...as needed.

Nothing more.
Nothing less.

Be the a part of the change one desires to see.

Each must choose in the moment what is the next correct thing to do given their circumstances and access to "resources".

For instance... walk-in safes are wholly under rated in my personal experience.

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Enough Is Enough [View all] MayReasonRule Mar 2025 OP

Mighty task. cachukis Mar 2025 #1

100% -- Our Freedoms Are Reason Based -- When Delusion Rules Our Freedoms Cease To Exist -- Which Is Why... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #3

Based on the homegirl Mar 2025 #9

Had no idea. cachukis Mar 2025 #12

Lol... Yeah... "Kinda"... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #18

Nice take on famous saying. It can happen because "what we can change" is fluid & indeterminate until after the event.nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #2

I'm Not Certain I'm Familiar With "The Saying" You've Referenced... It's Intriguing... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #4

I believe they have referenced cksmithy Mar 2025 #7

I am thinking that Codifer Mar 2025 #8

That's the one. I think it might be older than them but they certainly use it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #13

It is believed to have originated with Reinhold Niebuhr lastlib Mar 2025 #29

Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #30

So The "Spin" Is "Fuck That And Fuck Fascists Be The Change You Want To See"... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #19

See post 10 FailureToCommunicate Mar 2025 #11

Post 8 and post 10 have it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #16

From AA - the Serenity Prayer Mountain Mule Mar 2025 #28

I know it well. ChazInAz Mar 2025 #33

44 Years - Wow! Mountain Mule Mar 2025 #38

Just had my AA Birthday ChazInAz Apr 2025 #39

So true. cachukis Mar 2025 #14

Perfect! NotHardly Mar 2025 #5

Well said. 👍 Dave Bowman Mar 2025 #6

Even Reinhold Niebuhr would agree that there are times to act, not accept. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2025 #10

The difference fluctuates. What we CAN change is sometimes dependent on what HAS changed Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #15

Great wisdom. hamsterjill Mar 2025 #17

When you're out of power Meowmee Mar 2025 #20

Amen & Hallelujah! Cha Mar 2025 #21

You have a plan? Hekate Mar 2025 #22

My Plan Is To Work Within Arms Reach Of My Ass... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #23

The Serenity Prayer in its entirty. Radical Lutheran Mar 2025 #24

Missouri Synod in the house! marble falls Mar 2025 #27

ELCA Lutheran Here Radical Lutheran Apr 2025 #40

We're all reading from the same book. marble falls Apr 2025 #41

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #37

The Serenity Prayer, in its Entirety Radical Lutheran Mar 2025 #25

And I've heard that the shortened version of the Serenity Prayers is Marie Marie Mar 2025 #26

Exactly 👍 TommieMommy Mar 2025 #31

How's this Ennui anyhow Mar 2025 #32

You can lead an idiot to White House, but it won't necessary make him Presidential. marble falls Mar 2025 #34

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DAYUM!!! calimary Mar 2025 #35