It’s a beautiful fall morning here in Michigan.
The leaves have all changed and most of them have fallen. The sky is a dark gray and light rain is falling. The wind is blowing slightly with the occasional gust. The air is cool, some would say cold.
And I love it.
Some people are only happy when the weather suits them. The trouble with that is that I do not have any control over the weather. So if I tie my happiness to it, I am not in control of my happiness. Something else is in control.
Whenever we attach our joy to things we cannot control, we are slaves to that thing. It may be the weather, the time of year, how other people treat us or even the moods of other people. If I allow others and their joy to determine whether or not I have joy, I will rarely have joy myself.
I must then connect my joy to things that are within my control. Incidentally, the only thing in this world I can control is myself.
So I let the world spin and people do as they do, but I refuse to attach my happiness to any of it.
Joel Stiff's Adventure 