It is good to realize that there is a difference between problems and the facts of life. Problems are situations you have the ability to work on and change. If you have a flat tire, you can fix it. If you need an education, you can go to school. If you are out of work, you can seek employment. If you have a conflict with someone, you can attempt to work on it. Facts of life, on the other hand, are situations over which you have no control. You have no control over the drunk driver who kills your daughter. You have no control over an earthquake that destroys your house. You have no control over coming down with cancer. It happens to the best and worst of people. In those cases, you must make peace with pain. It is not something you should get fearful of or angry over. Worry will not change a thing. Acceptance and resignation is the only course of action that will bring peace. While you cannot control everything that happens to you, you can control how you respond to it.