You can’t change that which has already happened. You can’t avoid what needs to be done or hope that if you ignore it, it will disappear. You can’t change reality. It is what it is. You can only change how you view it and respond to it.
Something bad happened to you at work? That stinks. Make adjustments and move on.
You have to make a difficult phone call? Waiting around won’t help. In fact, it will do the opposite…you’ll think about it all day, let anxiety build up, and then still have to make that difficult phone call. Own up to it and make the call.
A loved one passes? Remember them. Remember all of the amazing things that they did for you and with you. But most of all, remember that they loved you and don’t want you to feel this pain. You have to keep going, not just for yourself, but for those who are still with you and because it is what whoever has passed would want you to do.
Life doesn’t happen the way we want it to. No matter how hard you wish for something or pray for something, it is not for us to determine the outcome. The only things that we truly have control over is our actions to put us in the best position to achieve our wishes, and our responses to the realities of life.
