What can you really control?

Devices? Sure.

People? Maybe for a short amount of time.

Situations and outcomes? At times maybe.

Yourself?

If analyzed really well and with honesty, you’ll soon realize that the number of things out of your control are exponentially greater than the things within your control. Yet, on a daily basis, how many things do you think you can or at least attempt to control?

I hate to break it to you, but even the majority of your own actions and thoughts have been relegated to habits and routines and are mostly out of your control until you really think about them. Don’t worry; this is not unique to you. If people had to consciously think about every action they took or thought they had, they would be exhausted by breakfast.

But there are a few things you can control, and maybe not on a regular basis but with a little effort, at least on a case by case basis.

You can, with some effort control the words that come out of your mouth and use them to be kind, to uplift the people you interact with.

You can forgive, when it might not be easy to do so.

You can think about the food you put in your body.

You can for a short amount of time, release your autopilot thinking and focus on deep intentional thinking.

You can stop and take the occasional deep breath and be grateful that you don’t have to think about breathing all the time and that nature did her work and automated it for you.

Hopefully, as you go through this list you’ll realize that you actually have control of some of the most important things in your life. And with some practice, you’ll feel the confidence and security of knowing that even though you’d like to be able to control so much more, you have control of the things that count the most.

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