I’m amazed at how little it takes sometimes…

To rattle my cage,

To shake up my can of peace,

To get me in an uproar.

One little sideways glance or offbeat comment from another human being,

Can send me careening toward the abyss.

Other times there’s nothing that can even come close to disturbing the fortress of tranquility that I’ve built around myself.

Why is that?

The truth is I don’t know.

But I’m betting it has everything to do with me,

And very little to do with anybody else.

No one can make me feel anything.

I control that.

Sometimes it certainly doesn’t feel that way.

Sometimes I feel like I’ve got about as much control as a puppet.

Sometimes I look back on my reaction to something and wonder what all the fuss was about.

Only then can I see the truth,

Understand my response,

Get inside my own head and figure it all out…

After it happens.

I don’t know why we see things so much more clearly through the rearview mirror.

I only know that it’s better than never seeing it all.

Just because it’s over,

Doesn’t mean you can’t do anything about it.

In fact, now is the perfect time.

Look back…

Find the Truth…

Learn what there is to learn…

Make amends…

Forgive who you need to forgive (typically yourself)…

Move on.

We don’t change the future by ignoring or lamenting the past…

We change it by coming to terms with it.

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