Many times we waste time trying to control things that do not depend on us. We would like to have a better salary, but that is not in our hands but in the government or in the employers. We would like to control the weather so that it does not rain as hard as in the current times where there have been many natural disasters.

I can list endless things that are not under our control and yet we waste time trying to control.

My mother, for example, could not control my older brother dying, if she had controlled him, surely he would not have suffered as much as he suffered. In short, we cannot wear ourselves out on those things that are beyond our control, which generates many concerns.

If we can control something, it is precisely the reaction that we are going to have on the external factors that influence our lives in one way or another. If a person offends or hurts me, I can immediately control my reaction against that person in order to avoid hurting him and then have to pay the consequences for my bad reaction.

My mother began to control the negative emotions that the death of my older brother produced and this helped to improve his health and spirit. What we can control is within us, which with the help of the Holy Spirit we can gain victory over external things that can harm us. The Holy Spirit gives us the fruit of self-control, with which we can control our reactions to those things that can cause us harm.

Thank God that he has allowed us to exercise control over our emotions and thoughts, which has helped us to overcome the difficulties that we have had to face at the family level.