Lesson 8: Control
December 19, 2020•111 words
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20 Lessons From 2020
Out of all the thins I dislike about myself there's one that I dislike the most: the need for control.
It got burned so hard this year. In so many deliriously beautiful ways. This year things that I had controlled, or I thought I had controlled were taken away, not just pandemic-related stuff.
Control gives you the illusion that everything is right, that everything is yours, so it has to be right. It's truly the peak of ego. And one that I embraced for too long. It's the worst thing I've ever done; trying to control.
Lesson eight: let the world be, let yourself be.