letting nature take its course
Allowing natural outcomes
Letting nature take its course means allowing events to unfold without intervention, trusting that natural processes will produce an acceptable outcome.
The phrase often appears in medical contexts when someone declines aggressive treatment: After the diagnosis, she decided to let nature take its course.
It can also apply to relationships, conflicts, or any situation where forcing a resolution seems counterproductive.
- passivityState of non-resistance
- hands offForbidding contact or meddling
- TaoismPhilosophy of the Way
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- palliative careRelief-focused medicine for illness
comfort care · mindfulness · acceptance · self-healing · permaculture · patience · time will tell · go with the flow · surrender · laissez-faire · leave it be · wait and see · determinism · aging gracefully · immune response · resignation · stoicism · watchful waiting
letting nature take its courseintervening
Coming between to affect
interfering · taking matters into one's own hands · meddling · stepping in · taking action
letting nature take its coursemedical intervention
Clinical action treating illness
aggressive treatment · life support · extraordinary measures · resuscitation · genetic engineering
letting nature take its coursetaking control
Assuming leadership or dominance
resisting · overriding · overruling · calling the shots · countermanding
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