accept the things I cannot change, have courage to change the things I can and have the wisdom to know the difference

not gonna share how but I just brought a prime example of this on myself. I know what I did can’t be undone. I know what I have to do to keep it from getting worse, and that its gonna take some courage to do it. And I know that taking action to prevent anything further doesn’t make up for the initial act. Why do I always seem to require the “school of hard knocks” to finally get the message and the point?

having the courage to change the things I can, and I usually know the difference between what I can and can’t change. But I’m really horrible at accepting what I cannot change. Even if I can admit there is nothing I can do, I’ll keep trying to find something. I’ll drive myself crazy trying to come up with a solution to a problem that I can’t control or change at all.