God controls it all, so control your attitude

My friend wrote this to me and it meant a lot to me; 

Chelle, I pray that as you go through your day you embrace the positive
things God has blessed you with and receive the positivity others try to share with you. It may be hard right now and I realize that, but look to the hills from which cometh your help. It cometh from the Lord.

"For I know the plans I have for you, "declares the LORD, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

If I haven't already told you today, I LOVE YOU. I am praying for you. I
miss you.

Know that the past cannot be changed, but the future is still in your power.
I hope you can take these words and use them as you continue to allow God to
work through you.

Don't let today's disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams.

The past is what we always tend to look back on, but remember the future is
what we look to, to move forward.

I am so blessed by his words.  Sometimes I fixate so much on the things I cannot change that I forget to fix the things I can change, I can rejoice and be glad for the day and the fact that I'm still living.  I can't control anything much in my life, but I can control my attitude of how I receive it. So, Lord let me control what I can, let me be happy and rejoice in his word.  And give all the other things I can't control up to God.