“This day stinks,” I overheard him grumble. To the left, and holding a half-crumpled cup, was a young man with coffee spilled all over his shirt.

“First the kids, and now this.” he sighed. “I just can’t get ahead.”

I felt for the young man – really I did; stuck in a moment of absolute wrong, while missing all the little things that were right.

Had he looked off to one side, he would have noted a little one with napkins in hand hopeful to help clean up his mess. Or, the young lady behind the counter offering a freshly poured cup to stand in the toppled ones place.

Life happens, my loves – and, sometimes in grand, glorious, sweeping, sloppy messes. In any given moment, we might experience the challenge of a rough day at work, or a fight with our dearest friend. We’ll have upsets with our spouses, children, parents, co-workers. There will be stubbed toes, leaky faucets, financial losses and gains.

But always, we’ll rise up again.

That’s the thing now, isn’t it? Though, how easily we forget – that these upsets are, at best, temporary. And, guess what? They happen to everyone.

As His Holiness, the Dalai Lama once shared with me, “All of us – we are, the same.”

And, even in your worst of times – my darlings, trust…there is a blessing.

It’s only when we’re able to finally calm our mind, that we can begin to see clearly the truth in our life experience.

That is to say, it’s only ever as bad as you think that it is. And, likewise – as wonderfully grand.

Having said that – my darlings, which do you choose?