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Today's Richard Rohr Meditation on Letting go of the need to control
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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 689738" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Thanks COM - good stuff here!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is such a great way to look at "control"</p><p></p><p>Life has a way of throwing us the unexpected and while we have no control over that, we do have control over how we respond to it.</p><p></p><p>This reminded me of when I was a single mother. I lived in an apartment building that had some ground level apt's. that were for people with special needs.</p><p>There were 2 men that lived across from each other. They were both paraplegics. Both had accidents in their early twenties that landed them in wheel chairs.</p><p>These men could not be more opposite in their demeanor. The one was so happy and really enjoyed life, the other was so bitter.</p><p>One day I asked the "happy" one what made him so positive and he told me that he had no control over the accident that landed him in his wheelchair but he survived, he was alive. He said he knew he had a choice, that he could be depressed and angry or he could make the best of it and continue to live his life to the fullest. This man made a huge impact on me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 689738, member: 18516"] Thanks COM - good stuff here! This is such a great way to look at "control" Life has a way of throwing us the unexpected and while we have no control over that, we do have control over how we respond to it. This reminded me of when I was a single mother. I lived in an apartment building that had some ground level apt's. that were for people with special needs. There were 2 men that lived across from each other. They were both paraplegics. Both had accidents in their early twenties that landed them in wheel chairs. These men could not be more opposite in their demeanor. The one was so happy and really enjoyed life, the other was so bitter. One day I asked the "happy" one what made him so positive and he told me that he had no control over the accident that landed him in his wheelchair but he survived, he was alive. He said he knew he had a choice, that he could be depressed and angry or he could make the best of it and continue to live his life to the fullest. This man made a huge impact on me. [/QUOTE]
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