Do you ever have this constant desire to control every aspect of your life? Anything that I don’t have control over worries me. I have a constant need to control everything that happens in my life. When I feel like I don’t have control over a situation, whether it’s relationships, education, or my career, I find myself either running away from any responsibility or doing as much as I can to gain control.

I haven’t fully accepted that it’s not everything in life that we can control. I get scared of the idea that if I can’t control something everything else in my life will fall apart. I’ve always had a vision of what I want to achieve so when I lack control I begin to worry that I won’t be able to reach any of the goals I’ve set for myself. I can be in a positive space, feeling optimistic about life but when moments of uncertainty arise I begin to worry. I think for a lot of us the idea of not being able to get as much out of life as we can be so stressful, lack of control feels so overwhelming.

I’m beginning to understand and accept that there are many things that will happen that are beyond my control and instead of trying to control everything I’ve decided to “let go and let god.” I started to think of examples in my life where anything that has happened outside of my control has led to positivity. Sometimes we have a constant desire for everything to go a certain way when in reality we can miss out on so many blessings. Think about all the times in your life where you’ve wanted something to happen so badly, it didn’t work out and now you’re glad it didn’t. Somethings in life don’t work out the way we want them to, understand that although you don’t see it now maybe something greater is in store, something better suited for your path in life.

Thank you for reading.