You can’t believe they did that?

But they did.

You wish it hadn’t happened.

But it did.

You want the present to be different.

But it’s not.

There’s only so much in life that you can control, the sooner you realize this, the better off you’ll be. This may not be what you want to hear, and you might have a hard time accepting it, but it’s true.

Here’s a wonderful little tool that will perhaps help you in some of the moments when you find yourself and the reality of what’s going around you in disagreement.

“God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.”

Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr

If you don’t believe in a God or higher power, that’s fine. You can substitute the word God for whatever you do believe in.

The line in the prayer “and the wisdom to know the difference,” is the key, or better yet, the filter through which you can begin to view the world.  Once you can identify the events, people and things that you can and cannot control, you will begin to experience clarity in your life. You can use the clarity to better understand when to, or even more important, when not to apply your energy.

Learning what in life you can and cannot change is huge advantage, and the sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be.

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