{"id":219,"date":"2013-10-23T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.243.23.127:8081\/2013\/10\/23\/the-illusion-of-control\/"},"modified":"2013-10-23T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:48:00","slug":"the-illusion-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"The Illusion of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fkbbPnXPvTM\/UmhdhWUh0II\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/l-wLBDmKZy8\/s1600\/Control.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fkbbPnXPvTM\/UmhdhWUh0II\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/l-wLBDmKZy8\/s320\/Control.jpg\" width=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Photo from Pinterest)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I love this photo because it is a great reminder of so many things!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I have had an unbelievable 3 days with so much out of my control, including my hair! &nbsp;I have had a bad hair day when I needed a really good hair day.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So, what is in my control. &nbsp;Very, very little. &nbsp;I can do what I can do, when I can do it and I can do it with a good or bad attitude.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don&#8217;t.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Steve Maraboli<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So, now, I am going to do what I can, with a good attitude, and try to do something with my out of control hair!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Photo from Pinterest) I love this photo because it is a great reminder of so many things! 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