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There are only three things you can never change #selfawareness #innerpeace

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SoulWords—Rabbi Shais Taub

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A good friend of mine once told me there are three things I cannot change. The past, the truth, and you. I can change myself, that's the only one I can change, and that's where my power is. But I cannot change you. And he added, and this was particularly helpful for me, that whenever I am in a state of emotional distress, and I will stop and be honest with myself about the source of that emotional distress, I will be able to identify that I am in the midst of trying to change one of those three things. Either I'm in the middle of trying to change the past, or I'm trying to change the truth, or I'm trying to change you. And I will get no rest, serenity, peace until I can stop trying to change those things and put my focus back on my own choices, where my power is.