Sentences with phrase «often arbitrary goals»

I believe many of us, me included, get caught up in the pursuits of other people's often arbitrary goals.

Not exact matches

I get what you're saying if, for example, you're expressing frustration about how churches will have self - appointed visioneers who afflict their congregations with goals that are often arbitrary, subject to change, and ultimately self - serving.

The legislative backfire gallery — laws intended to achieve an admirable goal such as reducing neighborhood nuisances, stray cats or discarded dogs but which often achieve the opposite effect — include arbitrary pet limit laws, bans against specific breeds, penalties against feeding neighborhood cats, outlawing elective veterinary procedures like debarking and declawing or charging exorbitant licensing fees for intact animals.

We are made to fall in love with an arbitrary set of stereotypes, physical ideals or cultural goals that are twisted and often deeply damaging to us.