BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down131
arrow-up1615arrow-down1imageMy church's wifi name is a fine dad joke I think.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou don’t “fix” other people. You fix yourself. That’s all you have any control over.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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.