One of the best ways I have found to approach life

In the world we currently live in, there’s probably an endless supply of things that can stress us out and cause us to question the path we are on.

I’ve been there. I’ve had moments when I thought that I was in the wrong place and needed to move on to a different career, job, or organization. I think we all get to this point at different stages of life.

I have found these moments are usually happening to me because I feel like I don’t have control. You probably feel this way too when you are losing or have lost control.

I haven’t met anyone who enjoys living without control. After all, in my opinion, it is a basic human need along with safety and life purpose. So when control is removed, it can feel like you’ve been punched in the gut. You lose the wind in your sails and aren’t sure where to turn.

One of the ways that I remind myself every day in my morning routine that I have control, is to think about choice. I have chosen to wake up at the time I did, make my coffee/tea and then sit and read and write. I have control over that.

I have the ability to decide how I am going to respond to the world around me. Different circumstance and situations will happen that I have very little control over, but I do have control over my reaction.

I’ve adopted a personal life philosophy from the Japanese culture called shoshin (初心). Shoshin can be interpreted as “beginners mind”. When you dig deeper into the…