wisdom

I don't know who originally coined this simple little phrase but it certainly fits multiple occasions.  Actually it's a great reminder that we can seldom affect change in any one else.  We can model behavior we'd like to see.  We can suggest a different course of action. We can even plead to be heard.  But finally, "it is what it is."  What others choose to do, how others choose to think, how others respond to us is up to them. Simply accepting what we can't change in people or situations is the clearest path to experiencing a peaceful moment.  I crave peac[...]