In all  fighting  helping, the direct method may be used for
joining  battle  support, but indirect methods
will be needed in order to secure victory.

Indirect tactics, efficiently applied,
are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth,
unending as the flow of rivers and streams;
like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew;
like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.

In  battle  support, there are not more than two methods of attack,
the direct and the indirect;
yet these two in combination give rise
to an endless series of maneuvers.

The direct and the indirect lead on to each other in turn.
It is like moving in a circle—you never come to an end.
Who can exhaust the possibilities of their combination?

On the Art of War

V.  Energy  #5, 6, 10 & 11

Sun Tzu

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Note:  When replacing the word fighting with the word helping, and the word battle with the word support, something interesting occurs.

✨    Corralled    ✨

✨    Watching someone going in circles.    ✨

Swedish Fly International,

To some degree, you're doing a great job!

However, since your original intentions were dark, it has you going in circles anymore [think asymptote] and, this is very noticeable.

Plausible reasons for your "circles", and why you've been put on pause, so to speak (I'm sure there are more):

   •  Dark intentions.

   •  Get you tired.

   •  Giving you  Fair Warning.

       (meaning: there's hope for—some of—you)

   •  Teach you patience.

          …and the true meaning of compassion.

          …and the true meaning of empathy.

   •  Perhaps, One is hoping you will see?

You wonder about the time frame?

That's between you [individually] and our Creator.

And, while all this, there are bigger issues—you didn't know of this, did you?

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Variables

Free Will  –  Responsibilty  –  Discipline  –  Maturity

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One way to look at it:  Irresponsible, undisciplined, and immature, who abuse our Free Will privilege.

Kinda like, when the cat's away…

Or, when a teacher has to leave the classroom for a short while, and the bullies take over.

So, currently, we're taking care of the mayhem that we allowed the bullies to cause.

You know, we were asked to behave ourselves and be good while the teacher left. Most of us managed pretty good but, here we are, in Twilight Zone, and the consequences are obvious: Bully Heaven

Side Note:  While the teacher was away, the  majority  mob in the classroom decided to try something new:  Schooling Without Teaching (so to speak)

It's also obvious, by now, that we function much better with the teacher around than without—at least to me.

It might seem as if the teacher was away for a long time, but I like to think that "someone" has been standing just behind the door out in the hallway, watching, listening, and, taking notes     …because the teacher knew we wouldn't be able to manage by ourselves for too long.

The above is just a theory, but that's how I look at it.

In this, it's better to be Dead Center than Far Out.

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Vi hade kunnat tagit allt detta på svenska, men, det blir bättre såhär – lite mer internationellt.   😉

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Dare

–   Advice you never asked for.   –

For both young and old.

Your biological age is irrelevant.

Att komma till insikt är stort,

…och det är ännu större att ångra sig.

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On the Fence

Waiting for someone else to take the first step

–   looking the other way   –

hesitating…