“You have the controls,” my flight instructor says. “No, you have the controls,” I say back.
“No I don’t,” he says. “You do.”
My banter with my flight instructor can be amusing at times. It’s not so funny when we fight about issues of power and control in our lives. And usually it goes the other way. We don’t want to give the controls to someone else; we want those reins ourselves.
Power Struggle?
Are you engaged in a power struggle with someone or something you can’t change? Spend a moment thinking about it. Is that really the way you want to use your energy and power, trying to do the impossible, creating rifts, and fighting battles you can’t win? When we try to control someone else or events beyond the scope of our power, we lose. in the solution.
Powerless
Learn to say “whatever” when you don’t get what you want. Learn to let things be the way they are.
God, help me to let go of my need to control and to be open to the flow of the universe.
Gratefully shared From the desk of Melody Beattie
Originally posted March 15, 2015
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