You Can’t Change What Happened, But…
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You Can’t Change What Happened, But…
You can’t always control the things that happen to you, but you can control your reaction
Kyle Tibbitts • #19 — John Andrew Entwistle — Traveling into the future
We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control how we respond to them. We can control whether an experience makes us a bitter person or a better person. What matters in life is not so much what happens to us but what happens in us.
Rick Warren • God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)
In the words of Epictetus, “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.”1