BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou don’t “fix” other people. You fix yourself. That’s all you have any control over.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.