weekly post-January 28, 2006

Another week is behind us and the weather continues to be unpredictable. The week started a bit chilly (teens and 20's) and by the end of the week it was in the 40's and 50's; and it's January. This time last year we were in an extreme cold snap and I remember our pipes froze because it was so cold. It just goes to show you that Mother Nature does what she wants. It's one thing that we have no say over. Which brings me to......

"I'm taking back control of my life," "I'm in total control," "I'm going to control the world." We've undoubtedly heard some of these statements either in real life or in the movies. Control is something we humans talk a lot about. We claim to have control and if we don't have it we do whatever we can to get it. The irony of it is that none of us can ever achieve control, at least not total control. There are many things in our lives that we can control: Our tempers, our treatment of others, how we spend our time each day. We can control how fast we are going on the slippery and snowy road. However, we cannot control how fast the driver who is passing us on the left is going. We can't, no matter how hard we try, control what other people are going to do. We can control how we react to what people do, how we move on with our lives, how we make our lives better. One can never know what anyone else will do and that's what makes control so elusive. The best we can do is give our best and lead good lives and exert control over the things we know are controllable.