Control

Not sure why, but driving home yesterday from visiting with the grandchildren, I go to thinking about control. Not sure if it was a song playing on the radio that set it off, but it matters not.

AI on Google says it refers to the ability to direct or regulate something, person, object or process. Or the power or influence one has over others, or the action of restricting or influencing something.

But, in any situation the point of control is influenced by another external action. Let me see if I can put my point across.

Control of a process - You can switch a machine on or off, but if someone else had disconnected the electricity, that machine will not run.

Control of object - You can throw a ball, but the distance it goes is dependent on how strong you are, how heavy the ball is, if there is an object in the way, etc.

Control of person - You can instruct someone to do something, but if they refuse, it won't get done. You can then threaten them, but that involves a different action, from you and or them, so you have not been successful in controlling them.

Anything I can think of that involves control of some sort, can be impacted by a third party, thing, which means, to me, that we are never fully in control.

Not of people, things, processes, emotions, nothing.

Think about it   - be safe and be blessed.

I think I might be back to add to, expand this thought.