The Power of Accepting That Things Will Happen Out of Your Control

"I think that when I started reading self help books, I thought they were going to teach me how to avoid all my problems," she said. "Instead, they're teaching me how to accept things as lessons or blessings and not have it be that big of a deal." She says we are conditioned to put up this wall of fear where we will avoid things that make us feel pain or suffering. But if we do the opposite, 'it teaches us this whole new level of gratitude'