I have come to accept that I have no control over life. I can make choices regarding what I do and how I want to feel, but I don’t have any authority over what happens to me or when. Therefore, my security is not placed in my own strengths or abilities. My confidence lies in knowing that everything will be okay. Okay does not mean I will get what I want. I do not ever expect anything to turn out the way I want it to. I’m grateful when it does, but my happiness doesn’t depend on it. Bad things happen. Hard times happen. Losses happen. There are times to grieve as well as times to celebrate. The human life experience encompasses the full range of emotional experiences. Take it all in. Release your clenched fists and open your hands to receive all that life has to offer you.