“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius
Planet Earth is the home to billions of humans and animals – all with unique lives.
There is a range of culture, government, lifestyles, careers, education, religion, etc. and there is not one correct way of doing it all.
That’s the beauty of it all.
But it becomes ugly when people start trying to control & manipulate other people; Trying to force their beliefs onto others because they think they’re right (or usually because they have more power than the others.)
It happens all the time: one person or usually a group of people trying to control other groups & individuals… (abuse of power)
Those people don’t realize that the real power comes from controlling your own mind – & not controlling other people (but those people will never understand that).
Most people have never experienced the power that is within them – since they are distracted by the distractions & manipulations of the external world, politics, sports, work, getting in each others way, etc.
and then the people become distracted, confused, angry, overwhelmed, annoyed, etc, and then they pass it on.
But when you take control of your own mind – you gain energy and focus that others lose in trying to control others, since you aren’t doing that.
The world becomes filled with opportunity & beauty.
All because you gave up trying to control others & you focused entirely on controlling yourself.
With Ken Thompson 