Going to focus on what I can control

I've been sent to Oklahoma to serve as priest for a while. Not my choice.

I'm giving it a week, Holy Week. I'm coming to another understanding today though. I've been mentally going back and forth about observations of structures and patterns and passions within myself and others. I've been thinking about both sides in hermetically sealed off worlds from each other. I literally thought I don't know how people cope with the complexities of life. That question though shed some light on my distinctions of thinking either or. 
Some things we commit to we will like sometimes and not others. Sometimes we'll wish we had more control over our commitments and our lives. What I've realized is that none of us has all overarching control. My focal point to continue to be constructive and have an impact on the world that I'm in will be to focus on the things I can control in my life. It won't be a sunny pure feeling much of the time but my drive and motivation to have a positive impact will outweigh those cringing feelings which might have at some point derailed my positive move forward.