At the moment I am on a flight leaving several situations behind that I have been trying to control.  And I’m headed towards a couple of others that I have been trying to control too.  None of my attempts at control have been working.  In fact, they’ve been dismal failures. The only real thing I have achieved in the midst of all this, is frustration. But isn’t that always the case when we think we need to control anything? The truth is I have been reminding myself (a lot!), that when I set down the need for other people, places, or things to look, feel, respond, or happen in a particular way.., they usually work out the way they should.  Things get resolved in ways that perhaps I could not imagine. At least in hindsight, that is how it feels. I wish I could say these are all new personal insights.  But in truth, I have traveled versions of this...