I don’t know who originally coined this simple little phrase but it certainly fits multiple occasions. \u00a0Actually it’s a great reminder that we can seldom affect change in any one else. \u00a0We can model behavior we’d like to see. \u00a0We can suggest a different course of action. We can even plead to be heard. \u00a0But finally, “it is what it is.” \u00a0What others choose to do, how others choose to think, how others respond to us is up to them.<\/p>\n
Simply accepting what we can’t change in people or situations is the clearest path to experiencing a peaceful moment. \u00a0I crave peace these days. \u00a0Perhaps I fought too many battles when I was younger. \u00a0Perhaps with age, wisdom does come calling. \u00a0What I do know for certain is that when I see or hear something that I’d like to stick my nose in, it helps if I remember there are two kinds of business: my business and none of my business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Saying to myself, and others too, on occasion, that it is what it is, relieves the tension in the moment. \u00a0Tension doesn’t benefit any experience that I have ever had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t know who originally coined this simple little phrase but it certainly fits multiple occasions. \u00a0Actually it’s a great reminder that we can seldom affect change in any one else. \u00a0We can model behavior we’d like to see. \u00a0We can suggest a different course of action. We can even plead to be heard. \u00a0But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[55,217],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings","tag-daily-practice","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\n