And just like that, some peace

Still irritated at all things India, I pick up a book written by a mentor of mine, Marshall Goldsmith. He writes:

It's not that bad.

If you step back, you'll discover that you're still in control of your life and destiny. You have the power to create significant positive change.

Which begs the next question: What can you change? The answer is simple: You can change either You or It.

By You, I mean how you think, how you feel, what you say -- basically everything about you that's under your control.

It, on the other hand, refers to any influencing forces in your life that are not you...

It's a stark unambiguous binary. Yet a lot of us make the wrong choice. We try to change It when we should be changing something about ourselves -- and vice versa.

And just like that, a shift.