Is there any concept that frustrates us more than Control?
We think we have it. Or lack it. Or want it. Or demand it.
(...the sound you hear are the gods laughing...)
Take a handful of water or sand and squeeze tightly. Observe how quickly it slips through your fingers.
This is our Control.
Even more maddening may be...the tighter we grasp...the more we attempt to control...the less influence we actually have.
Control of another person, a situation, or another's response is impossible.
The only person we control is ourselves.
The only control we have over a situation or an event is our response (or lack of response) to it.
We can influence others. We can add options to their decisions. We can create positive or negative outcomes to those same decisions. But we cannot control anything or anyone.
We do, however, have an amazing amount of power (control) available to us every moment of the day.
Our Attitude.
Our Response.
Our Happiness.
We need only to utilize it!
Try it today...give up the attempt to micro-manage the world...and feel the Absolute Power of managing yourself.
