Firstly, the Serious Buddhist...
"People naturally fear misfortune and long for good fortune, but if the distinction is carefully studied, misfortune often turns out to be good fortune and good fortune to be misfortune. The wise man learns to meet the changing circumstances of life with an equitable spirit, being neither elated by success nor depressed by failure.
If you are committed to being present, it will happen.
And even if being present is just a state of mind, so what? It's a good, constructive state of mind.
Are you so busy fighting against life that you have no time left to live it? Are you so worried about what’s going on in your world that you have no energy left to get things done? Do you put so much of your attention into judgment that you fail to notice the real treasures right in from of you?
Let go. Step back. Detach. Free yourself to live. Free yourself to experience. You don’t have to take a reading every millisecond and then pass judgment on what you see. You don’t have to respond to every little shift in the wind.
Take a deep, relaxing breath and remind yourself of who you are. Look at life as it is, and let go of the need to always do something about it. See the beauty that is in even the smallest things.
And feel. Let the feelings come, and then let those feelings go. Don’t be obsessed with predicting or constructing what will come next. Instead, be fully present so you can see and experience and know and gain permanent value from whatever comes along. Enjoy, without always wondering whether or not you should.
Peacefully let life be. Act from a perspective of acceptance and gratitude rather than from a perspective of need and desperation. All is well with now, for you are here to live it with positive purpose.
