My View from the Top of the World

  I've had a few things on my mind lately. This morning, I sent a text to my brother, saying, "I need to have you consistently reminding me that I can do this."  You see, I frequently preach my " everything is figureoutable " mantra, but sometimes, the thing itself feels UNfigureoutable.  Sometimes, I bury myself in the what-ifs of the thing itself.   My mind has been bogged down with worries about various situations, how those situations are going to affect me, and plenty of self-doubt (hence the note to my brother). Anxiety filled days, chore-filled evenings, sleepless nights.  Another thing I said to my brother: "I tend to require situations to be in control in order for me to be OK. This situation is not, and I am not OK." As I've preached many times before to many others, most life situations cannot be controlled, and we must let go, let life happen, and learn to love what happens , in order to feel OK. I do like to have a plan.  I certainly c...