What We Can Control

Hello Natural Health Family.

It’s good to be back. The weather has been great and the leaves are piling up. It seems like life is going by pretty fast and the seasons are moving along. I have heard before about how sometimes we can get caught in worrying or being frustrated about things in life. However, many times, those things are actually out of our control.

Have you ever noticed that when we try to control how everything goes in life like a party that we are hosting, a way that a vacation is supposed to go, the way we think the day should go, or how other people are supposed to be, etc. it never goes the way we expect it to? We tend to not enjoy life when we are worried about everything going “right.” Even in the news or media... the things or events that get us so riled up, are things we don’t have any control over. It’s good to be up to date about current affairs and to care about others but when it takes away too much of our energy we aren't setting ourselves up to live in a healthy manner. However, what can we control? Our own energy, what we can do, how we think, how we view life and what we can do for others. When we remember this, when we realize that we don’t have to be swayed by the world but rather we can be bold and strong with ourselves, we can adapt to what life throws at us.

Life has its ups, downs, lefts, and rights. As life unfolds in ways that we can’t quite know or even understand, we can rest knowing that we are all in this together. As we do our part, our duty, to help out our fellow men and women, we will undoubtedly be helped along the way.

Have a great week.

-Dr. Chip