{"id":8370,"date":"2021-04-02T22:19:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T21:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/?p=8370"},"modified":"2021-04-03T11:31:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T10:31:50","slug":"worry-cant-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/worry-cant-control\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do About Things You Can&#8217;t Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8376\" src=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix.png\" alt=\"What to do with problems you can't fix\" width=\"1277\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix.png 1277w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Problems-cant-fix-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So let me share a <em>God thought<\/em> with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s said that there&#8217;s no point worrying about those things we can&#8217;t control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The psychologists tell us that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The religious leaders preach that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Stoics told us that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">SOJA sings about that&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qvd_MF5Hd9w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And I completely agree that it&#8217;s a worthless exercise to worry about something that&#8217;s beyond your control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But you <strong>can<\/strong> do something about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Uh? I&#8217;m really confused now, David.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You see&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You might not be able to control or change the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But God can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Try talking to Him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He loves hearing from you anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">See what happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And even better&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">See what happens to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To your perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To your attitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To your peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Enjoy your Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And your chat with God.<\/span><\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fworry-cant-control%2F&#038;text=What%20can%20you%20do%20about%20things%20you%20can%27t%20control%3F%20Just%20accept%20them%3F%20Worry%20about%20them%3F%20Here%27s%20a%20better%20way.%20%23worry%20%23problems%20%23Easter&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What can you do about things you can&#039;t control? 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