Under Control

One of the best advice I received during my early years of legal practice was: focus on things under your (our) control.

Manage these things to work in our favour. Be it dates, people, documentation, information. Anything. From the legal perspective it protects the lawyers from negligence & helps with the monitoring (and in a way, avoid micro-managing or excessive worry).

Now that I am teaching & living a more laidback lifestyle, this advice still rings true. About life. About being happy. About acceptance.

Manage the things I can control. After doing my best effort I would have to leave the rest to the higher power/ universe/ fate. Now at this age I have learnt that it is alright to let go and accept the outcome. The pain/ hurt/ happiness/ joy that ensues is always part of the package.

Thank you Life, for all your lessons.