The only person I have control over is myself. I've screwed up enough times in my life, (and I am a person of pretty high personal standards), to know that when I fall short, there are usually things going on that those around me don't realize and aren't living. I just hope they have the grace to forgive my fallibility and know that most of the time I get it right.

I get disappointed in people at times, but I also try to remind myself that I am not living their life. I probably don't know the whole story. So . . . not my circus; not my monkeys.

The times I have been most miserable in my life have been when I let my disappointment in others color my view of my world, and I realize now that I was giving those other people far too much power over my own vision of my world. So, I took my power back, and the first step is realizing the only person I can control is myself.

Sometimes I just have to take deep breaths and let it go. (Cue the Frozen music. LOL).