“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your response.”– Ancient Stoic saying. Thus, we have come to realise that:We do not control our own fateWe cannot control our external circumstancesLife is fragileWe are not nearly as resilient as we perceivedSometimes we lose our morale, motivation, and drive because we lose control. Control as a noun is defined as the power to influence or direct people’s behaviour or the course of events. Control as a verb is an extraneous factor that might affect results or someone that supervises the running of an operation, event, outcome, or initiative of some sort. Let’s go with the major culprits here, the Big Four of dilemmas; work, life, society, and family.

Source: The Nation November 10, 2021 01:03 UTC