So much of our pain doesn’t come from what happened. It comes from fighting reality in our own mind. We replay conversations. We imagine different endings. We try to control people, outcomes, timing, feelings. And slowly, that resistance becomes exhaustion. There is a quiet strength in recognizing what is not in your hands and choosing to redirect your energy back to yourself. Control drains you. Acceptance frees you. When you stop suffering over what you cannot control, you finally have space to change what you can. And that is where real power begins.