be less controlling

Sounds wierd, doesn’t it? Don’t we all try to make ourselves better people, and if so, doesn’t it take some level of control? I understand that too much control can be unhealthy, but we need to have some control! I write this entry with expectations to be less controlling with other people, especially my wife and my children. When I see the word control involved with family and relationships, other words that come to mind are judge, expect, require, insist, demand….and I just don’t want to be that person. I want to be a better person; sure, who doesn’t, but I don’t want to be a better person for myself at the expense of anyone else. My goal for 43 things with respect for control is to limit the control to my own self. Control things that will make myself a better person, such as diet, exercise, responsibility, discipline, actions, attitudes, and responses. If I can concentrate on controlling these, perhaps I won’t have time to control anything else. Besides, is it really possible to control the actions of other people? I don’t think it is possible. To try and control another person would end up in forcing them away. I am both a victim of this, and guilty of doing it myself. Control thyself, and no one else! Good Luck!