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Right now there is more happening than our minds can compute. Billions of people are going about their lives and at each moment our bodies are regulating themselves while engaging with a broader ecosystem that sustains life itself. The earth spins, stars explode, children are born and a person who wakes up in the morning is different to the person went to sleep at night. They have literally moved through space and time so it’s funny to hear people say things like “you’ve changed” as though it’s a good or bad thing. You change everyday and you can’t control it even if you want to.

Although it might feel nice to say statements like “I’m in control of my life,” things will happen that are completely out of your control. Someone you know may drop dead. You could become extremely rich and famous. A building wall might fall in on you. There could be a global pandemic. You could have everything you care about, or think you care about, taken from you and the only control you have is how you choose to respond to the situation that you’ve found yourself in. The key to doing this effectively is to look at your circumstances the way they are rather than the way you think you want them to be. Being able to do that allows you to take the most appropriate course of action to deal with your life as it transpires. When you do this objectively you might realise that the things you once saw as problems aren’t actually problems. Often it’s your interpretation of the scenario that freaks you out more than the scenario itself. Conversely, you might realise that there are things happening within or around you that are a lot worse than you wanted to believe and it’s time for you to accept or address them.