Twice over the last decade I’ve written about the famed quote, “Accept the things you cannot change. Have the courage to change the things you can. And have the wisdom to know the difference.” Once in October 2018 and again in April 2024.

I’m often intentionally vague in my posts. I write about things as themes rather than specifics, but when I go back to read them, I know exactly what I was referring to at the time. This blog has become both a public and secret diary of sorts.

Sometimes I find myself thinking about things that have happened, wishing a situation or a moment had gone another way. But why am I ruminating if not for change? If change is no longer possible, we must have the wisdom to know it and accept the outcome just the same.

Easier said than done, but we hold the power to change our thoughts and actions – what a gift if we let it!