back to living how we have always lived well—by having a childlike approach, enjoying each moment, being present with not thinking about what isn’t anymore and what we’ve lost, not being in the future, not being in the past, but living in the now, enjoying life presently without thoughts, just flowing with life. And again when thoughts about the tragedy sneak in, we ask is there anything we can do right now? If the answer is no, then we get back to just flowing in the now, without all those damaging thoughts of ours. Thoughts are based upon criticism, thoughts are based upon wishing things were different or our desires. When we are in our thoughts, we’re not living in the now.
Let’s go further with our example of driving drunk and causing a car accident and say we caused someone to die. Now, we have been sent to prison for five years. That’s a big deal. What do we do? If we have made amends and have gone to meetings to learn from our mistake, then we approach our prison term this way. We say, “I have five years here. How do I make this work well for me?” With all that time, we have several options—get into good physical shape take some courses that are offered in prison, perhaps learn an online skill, get involved with some groups, even meet some great people. We decide to do things to live well now. Even in prison, we can do that. It’s about living in the present moment, wherever we are.
I actually know of a person who is in prison for life, on death row because of some bad choices he made, and he uses that time to develop his meditation practice. He has reached a point where he is very much living in the present moment and living well. We can do that, no matter what hits us, and turn it into something beautiful. There’s always something beautiful we can create, no matter how much tragedy strikes.
This can be hard to understand, accept, and do, especially in devastating situations. We might never make sense of them until we go to heaven and God explains all to us. But until we get that answer, mostly we’re left with just living in the now and not thinking about the tragedy, unless we can proactively do something about it. No matter how hard things are right now, getting back to the now is always the solution. Living well in the present moment and loving what is, accepting what is, is always the key to happiness.
So in review, there are three things we can do to deal well when things go bad.
1.We acknowledge tragedy is part of life.
2.We do everything in our power to make the situation better.
3.We live life well now, focusing on the beautiful things in our life.
There is always something beautiful to be with—always. So we can have beautiful lives even when bad things happen. Happiness is always there, always available if we choose it.
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