You can control your circumstances

“Instead of fatalistically accepting what comes your way and trying to feel good about it, you can turn your circumstances, even the unpleasant ones, into tools that change reality. You control your circumstances the way you control something entrusted to you. When you understand your relationship with the one who gives you something to care for, the sense of responsibility that orders your priorities, and the results expected from you, your circumstances will work for a greater good rather than work you over.”

Your Unfinished Business