Sometimes it just feels like I'm skating on the wrong side of the ice. Plans fall through, people let me down, known enemies attack, things break, disappointments come, and they come. I know life is hard, and I know trials are part of mortality, but sometimes it is just so frustrating and discouraging and, well, hard.
Today is one of the hard days. So many things I can't control seem to drop on me, one after another, pinning me down. Problems new and old surface, resurface, stay, stick me in the shins with needles, mock me, haunt me.
But, you know, you know what? So what! I say so what.
What I can control, I will control, and I can control my mind, my thoughts, my attitude, my happiness. Maya Angelou said, "I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." Someone I love* said, "the past 50 years have allowed you to show the world how one humble man can endure, persevere, flourish, laugh, and love through good times and challenges with integrity and passion."
That, ladies and gentlemen, is good enough for me, so that's what I'll do.
* If you're curious, her name is Kelly.
