control

I have to believe that everything happens for a reason.  Sometimes we wouldn't choose what happens to us, but with life we hopefully learn and grow and get back up!  Opportunities are presented to us everyday and we make choices about what to do with them...answer the unknown number, go for a jog, take a nap...there are no wrong choices, rather things we learn from and things we love.

Sometimes things don't go according to our plan, but who really put us in charge?  Control makes us feel powerful and responsible, but is it more than that?  Does someone get a job because they are the perfect candidate, or are there other "perfect" candidates who know someone or is it luck of the draw?  I'd like to think I have power over getting a job or my daily interactions, but they are just that...interactions, involving what I like to call the human factor.  When humans are involved there is no control.

However, there is control over statistics, but not over another person's choices.  I prefer statistics.  I never thought I would say that, but there is comfort in order and numbers, but there is something so special and rewarding about people and the interactions we have with them that make the lack of control worth it.

Today I am trying consciously to let go of control and focus on the present, which involves being happy and enjoying every minute of today, even if I can't make things happen.