It bears repeating:\u00c2\u00a0 We are not in charge of others!\u00c2\u00a0 Not their behavior, their thoughts, their dreams, their problems, their successes, or their failures.<\/p>\n
Even the children we parent have their own journey to make, and our so-called control over them is, in fact, an illusion.\u00c2\u00a0 We can set an example for them, we can suggest a set of behaviors, we can demonstrate a code of ethics, we can even require that they live by certain “house rules” while under our roof, but finally it is they who will decide who they want to be and what they want to do, regardless of our efforts.\u00c2\u00a0 And for that we will become grateful in time.<\/p>\n
I say:\u00c2\u00a0 Let’s celebrate the fact that we are in charge of no one but ourselves.\u00c2\u00a0 It relieves us of a heavy burden, and a thankless job, one that never blesses us.\u00c2\u00a0 Taking control of every thought we have and every action we take, and being willing to relinquish the past while savoring the present, will assuredly keep us as busy as we need to be.\u00c2\u00a0 Doing these things, and only these things is why we are here.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s only when we live our own lives and manage our own affairs, freeing others to do the same, that we find the peace we seek and so deserve.<\/p>\n
— Karen Casey, Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow:\u00c2\u00a0 12 Simple Principles, <\/em>p. 8-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It bears repeating:\u00c2\u00a0 We are not in charge of others!\u00c2\u00a0 Not their behavior, their thoughts, their dreams, their problems, their successes, or their failures. Even the children we parent have their own journey to make, and our so-called control over them is, in fact, an illusion.\u00c2\u00a0 We can set an example for them, we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,9,28,22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letting-go","category-life","category-parenting","category-peace","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}