In my life as it stands currently, I'm living by the principle of not letting the things I can't control bother me. Why should I launch into realms of difficult thoughts and maybe fall into depression over a subject matter I can't control? There's absolutely no need.
I adopted this lifestyle some years ago, and it's been very helpful. Although I have had some difficulties in maintaining it all along because there are times when deep, difficult things will happen, and the mind will find it hard to be at peace—especially when it involves the death of a loved one. In my case, none of my loved ones have died, but I have encountered some issues that caused my heart to think restlessly.
However, my life has really improved in this regard because I no longer give in to the disturbance that comes from such situations.
Today, a friend of mine reached out to me to tell me that he lost some money and asked if there's any way to retrieve it. I could feel how disturbed and uncomfortable he sounded in his voice. When I asked him how he lost the money, he told me that it was through a crypto transaction and that he had mistakenly sent $35 worth of Litecoin to a wrong address.
That's really a big mistake, but the deed has been done, and there's nothing that can be done to retrieve the money. I just told him the truth and also advised him to simply forget about the money and move on, because there's absolutely no way to get it back.
Even after my encouragement and admonishment, he was still disturbed and I laughed.
That's the kind of situation I'm referring to. No doubt, it's very painful to lose money, but what can be done if there's no way to retrieve it? One just needs to relax and move on.
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