"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, 'Morning, boys. How's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, 'What the hell is water?' "
This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life,
David Foster Wallace, 2009
Sometimes people are going to do things that make you feel bad, and there's nothing you can do to stop them. What then?
You can kick and scream, cry and yell, and feel truly terrible, but if they are going to keep at it regardless the only sensible thing to do is to just accept it and move on. When you can't control their actions, the next best thing you can do is to control your reactions - you can chose how you feel about the situation.
Tonight I'm taking a bit of time to chose how I feel.
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