How do you deal with things out of your control?

I'm religious so I pray when things are out of my control.

James 5:16...The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Lately illness in my family has been a problem. Prayer works to bring me strength where there is no reason or capacity to summon strength to endure and solve issues.

The opponents to prayer as an answer give me flack for my practice of faith, thats out of my control as well but I pray for them too. Its been documented in studies that prayer does give strength to practitioners. I can vouch for the studies, prayer works.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Divest

So, do you do anything else or do you just sit there with your eyes closed, talking to the empty sky, hoping things will get better?

When things are out of my control, I am left with no other option until the situation changes to give me the opportunity to act.

When it does, when the storm blows over the reserves I acquired through patient meditation through prayer on the issue are put to use.

I am a seasoned combatant.

Hunkering down in the foxhole of prayer is the solution for the long term campaigns of life.

There's nowhere I can't reach.