LOCUS OF CONTROL

This is a concept I haven't thought of in a long time, but the phrase popped into my head recently travelling, when I was reflecting on why a decade long fear of flying suddenly ended. It seemed to me that ultimately what was going to happen was out of my control, and by shifting the locus of control outside of myself, and in this case, to the pilot, I was able to be stress free. Maybe this is why fatalism and prayer are so popular. When we as humans fail to see what we can do, and give the responsibility to fate or God, it is a place of peace and freedom. As I get older, as much as I can do, I will do, but maybe there is something to the rest being given to god.