“[they]… have been lying to you, and convinced you that if you work hard enough, and do all the right things, you’ll gain enough control in life to ensure safety and happiness for yourself and your loved ones.
I call that the “illusion of control”.
The reason so many of us are anxious so often is that, in the back of our mind, we know that control is an illusion – there is ultimately no control in life. We feel anxious because at some level we know we are playing a game in which we cannot win…”
Thank you for the reminder of this today, Shirzad Chamine, I didn’t know quite how much I needed it.