[He stoops forward, his philosophical features taking over as he presses the tips of his fingers together, contemplating not a problem to be solved (as Leia has already observed) but a friend to be helped.]
[Qui-Gon also knows he doesn't have to sugar-coat his words for the hardy princess in front of him.]
Exercising what little control you have over the events that affect your life is only a coping mechanism. It isn't a solution. Eventually, like all of our endeavors, it slips.
The difference is that if you view that control as all you have, then you resign yourself to nothing. An empty void that offers you no solace and no solutions to the bigger problems you're due to face.
Control is a weapon, Leia, not a defense. And you're using it against yourself.
no subject
Not as much as one would think.
[He stoops forward, his philosophical features taking over as he presses the tips of his fingers together, contemplating not a problem to be solved (as Leia has already observed) but a friend to be helped.]
[Qui-Gon also knows he doesn't have to sugar-coat his words for the hardy princess in front of him.]
Exercising what little control you have over the events that affect your life is only a coping mechanism. It isn't a solution. Eventually, like all of our endeavors, it slips.
The difference is that if you view that control as all you have, then you resign yourself to nothing. An empty void that offers you no solace and no solutions to the bigger problems you're due to face.
Control is a weapon, Leia, not a defense. And you're using it against yourself.