06-10-2014, 06:09 AM
This seems to be a continuous issue that I'm currently attempting to resolve. Take yesterday for instance, my ex, my daughter, and I went to the beach. I found that her car didn't have seatbelts in the front due to a current remodel of the interior. I was extremely weary of riding in a car with no seatbelts even when the drive was only 5-10 minutes to the beach from my house. I also noticed that she didn't bring our daughters booster seat that she's supposed to ride in according to the law but she a least had a seatbelt.
As we were riding, anxiety came about considering I felt so vulnerable without a seatbelt but I started to come to terms with acceptance that what will be, will be which ultimately lead me to the question of accepting everything and this is where my confusion begins. If one were to accept everything, why wear a seatbelt at all? Why look both ways when crossing the street? If all is preprogrammed, why take any precautions at all towards self preservation? Sure, all will be well regardless considering the metaphysical aspect that if the incarnation ends, it's not like that's it. But how does one come to accept the actions of other selfs if it involves ones safety or ones child's safety? I've even seen my ex allow our daughter to ride in the front of another vehicle that had an airbag where it's clearly dangerous for her to be if the airbag deployed considering her height and potential injury that could occur.
As usual as I'm typing this, responsibility rears it's head and it where my biggest challenge comes from with acceptance. Where does it begin that one has a responsibility to disagree rather than accept if it involves an other self making a potentially dangerous decision to either their self or an other self?
As we were riding, anxiety came about considering I felt so vulnerable without a seatbelt but I started to come to terms with acceptance that what will be, will be which ultimately lead me to the question of accepting everything and this is where my confusion begins. If one were to accept everything, why wear a seatbelt at all? Why look both ways when crossing the street? If all is preprogrammed, why take any precautions at all towards self preservation? Sure, all will be well regardless considering the metaphysical aspect that if the incarnation ends, it's not like that's it. But how does one come to accept the actions of other selfs if it involves ones safety or ones child's safety? I've even seen my ex allow our daughter to ride in the front of another vehicle that had an airbag where it's clearly dangerous for her to be if the airbag deployed considering her height and potential injury that could occur.
As usual as I'm typing this, responsibility rears it's head and it where my biggest challenge comes from with acceptance. Where does it begin that one has a responsibility to disagree rather than accept if it involves an other self making a potentially dangerous decision to either their self or an other self?