[Lazamataz]

I said nothing about defeatism, and I also wrote: "This is not to say we don't participate. We do. We show up every day, and we do the next right thing. This is not to say we don't make plans. We do. We are simply willing to get out of the way should the God of our understanding have something better in store for us."

No where in there is defeatism. In fact, the converse is true: This is actually the path to success. We do our level best in all our endeavors, then we let God give us the results.

[rogue yam]

You can't. You shouldn't even try...

...the failings of Free Republic...how to run the forum...his own direction...Don't stress this so hard. It is what it is, and you have no power...Just suit up, show up, color in within the lines, and enjoy what you can in the forum...live within the boundaries, without complaint and grateful...

...a good life lesson...struggle mightily...only to find that we have made utterly no difference...We..have tiny...brains. What makes us believe we know best, how our reality should be?...It is clear we do not know what it is that will make us prosper.

Let the results be decided by someone or something other than yourself. When we stop trying to control events around us, much better things come to pass...

...directions we believe the forum should go...You shouldn't even try.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

No sale!

[rogue yam]

So my reply #79 got pulled.

Go ahead and tell me now that this site hasn’t been taken over by pussies.