I agree: the only thing one can usually change in one’s situation is oneself. And yet one can’t change that either—only ask Our Lord to do so, keeping on meanwhile with one’s sacraments, prayers, and ordinary rule of life. One mustn’t fuss too much about one’s state.
From The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III
Compiled in Yours, Jack
Compiled in Yours, Jack
The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume III: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950-1963. Copyright © 2007 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C. S. Lewis. Copyright © 2008 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
The state we must be concerned with is the state of our mind, heart and will. That is best supported by keeping the pilgrim’s way each day. As within, so without.
In state,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
This insight from a true gardener. Thank you, Z.
Prayers especially for displaced people all over in this well armed and fueled, bickering, combative world. God protect ’em and their energy, good will, and stamina to get through a time of disrupted home, community, and society.
Thanks, for your frequent reflections.