Srinagar, Oct. 3 -- You know what keeps us stuck, what steals most of our time, what disappoints us, saddens us, or makes us angry? It is almost always the things that are not in our control. More precisely, it is the distance between us and the things we want to set right. And when we cannot bridge that distance, emotions step in to fill the gap. They carry us through a sense of possibility, allowing us to remain connected to what we cannot reach, change, restore, or make whole again.

The things that are within our control rarely demand the same attention. They do not need to be pursued through endless logic, reasoning, or emotion. They simply exist within our reach, waiting to be acted upon. Our minds are not occupied by them because t...