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October 10, 2009 05:08 PM
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I have not found it to be true in my life. There are certain problems which do not have solutions. If you destroy somebody's trust in you by lying and cheating repeatedly, it may be that their trust for you will never be what it once was. If you drink and drive, and kill somebody, you can never solve that problem. If your Mom or Dad dies, and the remaining parent is terribly lonely and grieving, you can not solve that problem. The same applies to the tragic death of a child. No solution for that problem either. I could go on for a long time, but you get the idea.
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• Your examples were very clear on how as hard as we try to believe that everything can be solved, somethings will always remain closed.
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October 10, 2009 03:52 AM
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More or less, but every solution at best has a cost, and at worse creates lots of other problems. Though people may not consider this a positive, many problems have lower cost solutions if you can externalize the negative ramifications (pass them on to someone else). North America has done a wonderful job with this in terms of the waste created from our high-consumption lifestyles. I guess the bottom line is that, yes, every problem has a solution, you just have to decide whether or not the solution is worth it.
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October 10, 2009 02:12 PM
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Unfortunately, some problems don't have solutions. Once they've been created, we may have to live with the consequences and do the best we can to deal with them. Most problems do have solutions, but the solutions may be so difficult or complex that we simply can't or won't deal with them. Unwanted side effects to solutions often arise because we haven't taken all sides of the problem into account or because we try to force an unrealistic solution (one that will make us happy, for instance).
It helps to be very clear about what outcome you want, and whether that outcome is even possible. Just saying something like "I want this to stop" doesn't move you toward a solution. Instead, it may lead you to become desperate and try anything that looks as if it might work. That usually leads to more problems, which may be even more difficult to solve than the original one.
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It helps to be very clear about what outcome you want, and whether that outcome is even possible. Just saying something like "I want this to stop" doesn't move you toward a solution. Instead, it may lead you to become desperate and try anything that looks as if it might work. That usually leads to more problems, which may be even more difficult to solve than the original one.
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