BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1648arrow-down132
arrow-up1616arrow-down1imageMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou don’t “fix” other people. You fix yourself. That’s all you have any control over.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou 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-up1·2 years agoEncourage, 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.