‘If it is to be, it is up to me’ The horizontal and vertical dimensions of life
Most people interpret that statement, that declaration, in a rah-rah, motivational slogan way.
But even when they use that narrow interpretation, they don’t commit to it, they don’t lock themselves in, they don’t burn the ships, they leave a back-door open, although they never tell the truth about it.
They have a secret addendum: if I feel like it, if my mind agrees, when I’ll feel confident enough, if the weather is nice, if it’s easy, if it doesn’t take too much of my time.
