Our Own Destiny

I have to admit that I am a control freak! I like for things to go exactly as I have planned them. I like for people to behave exactly as I envision them behave during interactions with me and at any time they are a part of things I have planned.

It is ok for me to waste my time, if I choose to do so. It is not ok when I make plans and others waste my time.

Silly, isn't it?

I cannot control others. I can only control myself.
I cannot choose how planned things develop, especially when others are involved; however, I can choose how I react to the development.

Having said that, I would like to share this quote I read today. You choose how you want to understand it and live it :)

"One of God's greatest gifts to man is freedom of choice. At an early period in the journey through life, man finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose one of two great highways-the right, leading to progress and happiness; and the wrong, leading to retardation and sorrow. There exists this eternal law that each human soul, through the choices he makes, will shape his own destiny. Our success or failure, peace or discontent, happiness or misery, depend on the choices we make each day."
--N. Eldon Tanner, "Thou Mayest Choose for Thyself", Ensign, July 1973, 7

There you have it. If you did not know it before, you know it now: you are in charge of your destiny. You choose happiness or disappointment, success or failure, independently of the contributions of others to events in which you are involved.

This does not mean that we will never feel hurt. It does mean that, after the initial reaction, we can find something to help us back on the path of peace, happiness, and success.