The small woman
Builds cages for everyone
She
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck her head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners

―Hafiz

Welcome to this week’s edition of Life Tools where we discuss becoming more mindful about our tendencies to want to control everything around us. We are all subtle control freaks! (some of us not so subtle). And when we think we have lost control, then fear, anger, anxiety, stress, and disappointment set in. But [tweet_dis]if we can accept an uncontrollable change for what it is… accept the reality that we do not have full control over what happens in life, then it becomes easier to be graceful[/tweet_dis] when change visits.

There are only a few things we can actually “control,” and turning our attention to those is the key:

• Our thoughts through meditation;
• Our words through impeccable & conscious speech; and
• Our actions through, as the Buddha said, right action… coming from a place of stillness.

This week, let’s loosen our grip just a little, slide into the passenger’s seat and allow the universe to do the driving.

Peace. -davidji