Enjoy the common things of everyday!

HAVE YOU GOT ANY TROUBLES?

Reflect deeply for a moment on your worries

to know exactly what they are all about.

Do so  very calmly to evalaute their extent.

Look at them from all angles,

because if viewed from the wrong perspective

a trifle may look like a mountain.

How do you get rid of troubles?

Never run away from them.

Cares bore themselves under your skin,

keep you company

and silently erode every joy of life.

Don`t drive them out ahead of you,

for then they will be lurking for you everywhere.

Don`t even try to get rid of your cares 

by just  mentally trying to block them out.

Instead,you will start brooding about them

and a small care will turn into a big pain.

So, how, then, to get rid of them...?

Look upward! Look for patches of light.

Do not expect more from life than it can give.

Try to be happy in a quiet,simple way.

Enjoy the common things of everyday.

There is something you have to celebrate:

that small part of life which is given to you just like that:

THE DAY OF TODAY! HURRAH FOR TODAY!

(Excerpt from the Vitamins of the Heart)