What’s So Great About Accepting So Little Control?

It’s empowering when you accept what control you DO have.

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The only thing over which you and I have control is ourselves.

Even then, there are limits to what you can and do control.

All of them are internal. Sure, there are externals that you can direct — but control is not the case. You can change your body shape, eye color, hair length and color, what you wear, and maybe a couple of other elements of yourself. That’s pretty much the extent of your external control.

Internally, you control yourself. But that’s not always obvious, and it requires conscious awareness to be controlled. Because when you aren’t consciously aware — and in the now — your habits, beliefs, values, and subconscious/egoic self are behind the wheel.

Before I get into the subconscious/ego further, let’s consider what you do control via conscious awareness. It’s your mindset/headspace/psyche self — and that’s via active control of your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions.

Do you know what else you can control? Nothing. That’s it. You have only control over what you’re thinking, what and how you’re feeling, the intentions you have, and the actions you do or don’t take.