Individuals cannot control other people, and organizing one's life around others' emotions and expectations is a source of unnecessary stress.

“There's one thing you'll never be able to control. And that's another person. And yet we've organized our entire lives around ensuring that other people are happy or that they think a certain thing or they're in a good mood or that you've met their expectations.”

Individuals are co-creators of their reality, but their control is limited to their own perception and will rather than the will or perception of others.

“Now as a co-creator, I only control to the tips of my fingers. I don't control the will of another. I don't control the perception of another. I only control my perception and I only control my will.”