Life is a cruel mistress and often throws a wrench in your plans or literally throws a wrench at you.

Most people have a general plan for their lives, either dictated by themselves, their families, or society itself. We hold our hopes and dreams to such high esteems yet they fall so short of reality. Why is that? Well the French would say, "C'est la vie." That is or such is life.

Humanity is full of thinkers and dreamers. That is how we got out of the caves and formed what we live in today. What comes with being such cerebral creatures is that we can often get stuck in our heads about some really tough things and some that are actually pretty mundane. We can obsess over the small details we can control in our life but ultimately a lot of things are out of our control. This reality is terrifying. Its hard to picture that things exist because of some odd combination of actions but sometimes it is those odd combinations of actions that lead to some of the best things in life.

But there is definitely one thing you can control. YOU. You control the flow of your life. You can control your mental space when life starts throwing wrenches at your face. You have way more power than you realize and sometimes it takes a real rough situation to bring that to the surface. There is definitely time to lament in the corner but that is only a small step towards the real goal. The goal is to move forward in life, to fight for your plan and your dreams.

Like the Buddhists say: "Life is suffering." So, wrenches will be thrown at you time and time again. It will hurt. It may knock you down. But eventually you will learn the 5 d's of dodgeball and life. You will be able to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge like the best of em'. Then you can take a wrench or ball and throw it right back. Stay agile my friends.