{"id":1442,"date":"2011-06-04T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T00:10:30","slug":"thought-of-the-week-control-or-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/06\/thought-of-the-week-control-or-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought of the Week: Control or Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Sunday I present a new thought of the week. Something to get you thinking about life and your place in it.<\/p>\n

This week’s thought of the week is<\/p>\n

\n

Do you push the elevator button more than once?\u00a0 Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\"Do<\/a>

Losing control? Photo: bogenfreund<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh my goodness. Quite a silly question, but one that can really show a lot about yourself<\/strong> once you take time to answer it.<\/p>\n

I do push the elevator more than once. When I think about it, I really don’t think it will make it go faster, but at the time I do.<\/p>\n

I think that is revealing my lack of patience when it comes to dealing with things outside of my control<\/strong>. I have a lack of faith also that things are going to happen when they are meant to happen, so I try to speed it up and force it to work to my grand plans and time schedules instead.<\/p>\n

Oh no! I think I must be a control freak!!<\/p>\n

Lesson learned from this simple question: Take a step back and trust in things to work exactly as they are meant to work<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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