The only problem in your life is you.

Dear readers, the title says it all. This may seem harsh, but it's so true.Ever since I was little my dad used to always say this. At first it made me so mad haha that's because I never wanted anything to be my fault. I always wanted to blame other people for situation or things going on in my life. The truth is, we have complete control over one thing in this entire world. Ourselves. We can't change other people or make them do stuff, trust me I've learned that the hard way. The only thing we can change is ourselves. When I look back on some of the events that occurred in my life so far I think about how I could've reacted better or things that I could have done differently. I get so frustrated daily with the human race. Questions like "why are you so stupid" or "do you have any common sense" run through my mind constantly. As I'm currently siting on a soccer bus driving six hours to a game and having to write this blog post from the convienece of my iPhone, I look around and see people. I think to myself that the crazy thing is that out of all these people I can only control one. And that's myself. It makes me frustrated. Everything in me wants to be able to control people. I want to be able to make their voices quieter and less annoying. Be able to control the things they say and most of all be able to control their actions. But I can't, and that's what sucks. But at the same time it's refreshing. Refreshing to know that I only have to be responsible for one person. Refreshing to know that I only have to control one person. I only have to worry about what comes out of my mouth and the actions that I take. I'm a control freak, I like to have control all the time, and that's been something that I've had to let go these past few months. I have decided that instead of constantly worrying about what other people are going to do, I'm going to be selfish and worry about myself. Whatever they do is their problem not mine. I'm going to look for ways not to change other people, but to change on how I react to them. People will make you mad and they will piss you off and they will disappoint and let you down, trust me I know, but they can't control you. Only you can. Only you have the power to control your thoughts and feeling and emotions and action. Yourself is the only thing in this entire world that you have 100% control over. This is an extremely hard concept to gain control over, and it's something that I struggle and fail at daily. But once we all can understand that we can't do anything about anybody else but us, the feeling is freeing and magical. :)