I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.

There’s a higher power in life. Often people associate this with religion. What if it’s just the fact that I am a tiny tiny spec in the universe. I can only control a very small part of that very tiny tiny spec of our universe. I’ve accepted this and I’ve found myself much more freed from life. I control what I control, everything just is. It’s easier said than done.

In my fantasy football league I tried sliding someone through waivers for a week that I wanted to pick back up. Two days later he was picked up and now out of my control. I feel a small amount of frustration built up inside me. “What the hell?” I have to remind myself that it was the choice I made and there’s nothing more I can do about it. I also, have to keep myself from beating myself up too much for not dropping someone else. The choice came down to two people. I feel now I would have been less disappointed if the other were picked. I try to evaluate what I was thinking at the time. How my biases played a role and what I need to do in the future.

Maybe a worthy use of energy, probably not. I don’t know what the future holds. The guy I let go could go off and I could never see him again or the guy I kept could and then I would be glad for the keep. Life has twists and turns. Sometimes things work in my favor other times they do not. I think that’s the higher power.