stop worrying about things I can't change

it was sooooo easy

That sucks

when something in my life goes wrong or someone i though i knew ends up being someone i wish i never knew i always use to stress over it. You just have to come to a point where you understand people are who they are
and the things that happen to you in life occur for no other reason than to make you stronger

Some of them are big and others small, but i need to
let go of the attachment that i can change everything
in the world. when i know that only in my world is
what i can change and make a change for the better to
everyone around me.

I try not to worry about the things I can’t change. Instead, I try to focus that energy to something I can. I try to use it in the gym—because that’s the only thing I can really control in life. I can’t control other people or things in life. But I can control how I look and feel about myself.

This is a hard one, but I think I’m doing pretty well at it. I think what oddly helps me is that there is so much to worry about that I can’t handle it all, so I just end up focusing on just the things I can do something about in the here-and-now. It doesn’t always work, since I still sometimes wish I could do something about removing some of those big stresses from my life. But oh, well.
Probably still one of the most difficult parts of this is drawing that oh-so-important line of distinction between not worrying and not caring—to show others that while I’m not worrying about things, I do still care.

theres nothing you can do about it. And once you stop worrying, its like a billion lbs are lifted off your chest! Do ittt!

I don’t know why I’ve always been such a worrier. I have a feeling, though, that part of it is that I don’t really know how to show that I care without letting it really affect me personally—thus, the worry.

Maybe I should try the serenity prayer as my new mantra:

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

—Reinhold Niebuhr

I’m going to mark this as done because I have managed to get into the habit of not worrying excessively over things that I can’t change. I wouldn’t say I do it 100% of the time but enough that it doesn’t need to be an active goal at the moment :)

Obatala really helped me with this when he told me it is all about the baby steps. You have to take baby steps so that you can get your bearings and be able to walk firm later on.