Traveler: What kind of weather are we going to have today?
Shepherd: The kind of weather I like.
Traveler: How do you know it will be the kind of weather you like?
Shepherd: Having found out, sir, I cannot always get what I like, I have learned always to like what I get. So I am quite sure we will have the kind of weather I like.
To Practice This Thought:
Evaluate your attitudes toward those things, like the weather, that you cannot control. Are you usually negative or positive?
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