There’s no need to fuss.
Everything is “perfect.”
This phrase doesn’t mean our day is wonderful and requires scant improvement. (Nor does it mean the speaker lives in an alternate universe.) The phrase means that everything has transpired precisely the way it was supposed to.
Three unexpected projects dumped on your desk by a vacation-bound supervisor? Perfect!
Your name added to the updated volunteer list after you had notified the group of your future unavailability? Perfect as well.
The perfect outcome isn’t the fantastic one we imagined, but an appropriate one. There’s no point fussing over how things can be different. If they are to be different, they will be. But none of that is happening. Let’s accept reality and quit wasting time and energy on our disappointment. Instead, tell yourself “It’s perfect!”
Thankfully, most things happening in our lives can indeed become more bearable, and sometimes even humorous, when we summon forth our newfound motto.