...The past has passed

THERE ARE times when we must accept our losses and focus on new opportunities to increase our earnings. The past has passed. Moping over the money lost in a Ponzi scheme will only sap our creative energies and blind our eyes to legal incomegenerating opportunities. As much as we would like to bring back a l oved one who has transitioned, the power to accomplish this task, does not reside in us. Getting angry only makes matters worse. What then do we do? Make the best of life until such time.

Life is too short to be fretting over things that cannot be changed. By simply adjusting our expectations, every day can be like a walk in the park even when accompanied by pain. After all, whatever happens, happens. Accept where you are now, change where you’re going. You may not like where you are now, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have the power to change where you’re going. The strong and the passionate take charge of their futures and don’t let their surroundings stop them from getting elsewhere.

If you absolutely can’t accept something, then you must make bold moves to change it. However, the sooner you start accepting the things you cannot change, the happier you will be. The more you change the things you refuse to accept, the greater person you will become. The more you love your neighbour as yourself and help the needy, especially those appearing in this column on a weekly basis, the more fulfilled you will be.

Again, “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.”

Peace.