Control and Stability
Control and Stability
Control and stability are closely connected, but they move in different directions.
Control operates outside us, while stability is rooted within.
The self and its boundaries form the line where one turns into the other.
When our responsibility ends, stability quietly turns into control.
Stability is inner balance — like a stool with adjustable legs.
We can adapt the stool to the changing surface of the world,
but we cannot adapt the world to the stool.
As long as we work on the stool — improving its legs and structure —
we strengthen our stability.
The moment we try to adjust the world to the stool,
we cross into control.
And this is where the real question begins.
How do we find the boundary between ourselves and the world?
The answer is simple — and at the same time unsettling.
Our responsibility defines that boundary.
Everything within it belongs to stability.
Everything beyond it becomes control.
So the real question is:
can we clearly define our responsibility?
Because if we cannot,
we will keep mistaking control for stability.