You can’t control everything that happens to you. People will disappoint you. Plans will fall apart. Someone will say the wrong thing, traffic will test you, and some days will simply be harder than others.

But you still have a choice about what you allow to control your heart.

You can carry anger all day because of something that happened this morning, or you can let it go. You can focus on everything that’s wrong, or thank God for everything that’s still right. You can wake up bitter about yesterday, or grateful that God gave you another today.

Happiness doesn’t mean life is perfect. It means you’ve stopped giving every bad moment permission to steal the entire day.

Choose peace over anger. Gratitude over bitterness. Joy over misery.

Life is too short to spend it angry at things you cannot change. Give it to God, let it go, and choose to enjoy the day you’ve been given.

Restored Life After