“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” - Epictetus
They say life is simple. Life happens for you—not to you. How you react to life determines the quality of your life.
Some times it takes a reminder from a dead, thousands year old philosopher to put things in perspective. Viktor Frankl famously said “in our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Even in the trenches of the Holocaust, it was how Viktor responded (hope vs. despair) that helped him survive.
What are the things we can control? And cannot control? Focus on the things we can control and learn to respond vs. react to the things that are out of our control.
How we respond to life is how our life will be measured.