I have known for some time now that I really can’t control my life. I can manage myself as I live my life but I can’t control the now time or the days ahead. I can influence my life. I can try directing it but I really have to live it as it happens. The old Biblical versus that said you can be in this world but you are not of this world is very sound advice. I always add you can use this world but you can’t depend upon it. You wake up one day and your company is closed or there is a major earthquake and you have lost your family. Now how do you manage yourself and your life?

This week I went to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. I walked in the office and there was no one there. I went into the various rooms …