Website owner: James Miller
Some things are under your control; other things are not. Some
things you can change; others you can't. Focus your energies
on things that you have control over. Concentrate on those
things that you yourself are able to do something about. Don't
waste your time on things outside your control.
What kinds of things are under your own control? Let us list
some:
1. Your own emotional, spiritual and intellectual
development. You can always work on your own personal
improvement. By reflecting, pondering, reading, studying,
eradication of vices, pursuit of virtue, etc. you can
improve yourself.
2. Your own personal finances. You can learn to be frugal
and to save money.
3. You may be able to help others in limited ways.
What are some examples of things that are not under your
control? Let us list some:
1. National and international problems. Deeply rooted social
and economic problems. The state of a society's morals.
Cultural degeneracy.
2. Many of the problems that other people have (many of the
problems other people have are of their own making, have
arisen from their own foolishness, and there is little you
can do to help them).
Nov 1986
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