Things that make you go "hmmmm....."

You can hate the truth and you can talk about it and resist it until you're blue in the face. You can complain and look for sympathy, stomp your feet, feel like a victim, and spend the rest of your life feeling sad, depressed, angry and resentful. But none of this is going to change anything.

Being aware of the difference between what we can control and what we can't is critical for day-to-day happiness. There is no point in banging our head against a wall.

It's a subtle shift in your thinking to be able to recognize when you're fighting reality, and the fact is most of us do it a great deal of the time. But if you can make that slight change in your awareness, you will save yourself a great deal of agony and empower yourself and your decisions like never before.

From Easier Than You Think by Richard Carlson.