Happiness Is Giving Up Control

This morning I read a Time magazine interview with mystery writer Sue Grafton. She's just written her 21st book, all of them titled to follow the alphabet, from A Is For Alibi to U Is For Undertow, her latest. Her books regularly hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list.

What I found interesting is what I've heard numerous authors, artists, and sports figures say - that they know they're not running the show when it comes to their talents. Speaking of her main character through all the books, a woman detective named Kinsey Milhone, Grafton says, "...I don't know what's going to happen to Kinsey Milhone because it's none of my business until I get there. So we'll see. I don't tell her; she tells me. I'm just along for the ride..."

When we recognize that we're always "just along for the ride" because we're not running the show we stop trying to control things and getting upset because Life isn't the way we think it should be. That's happiness.

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