You know why it’s hard to be happy—it’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.
ARTICLE
How to Learn to Let Go of What You Can’t Control
By Charles A. Francis — 2020
A friend of mine once told me, “Almost everything in my life that I’ve had to let go of has scratch marks on it.” His point was that he found it very difficult to let go of things he couldn’t control.
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