Episode #129 This Will Pass

Three Problems

• There is an ebb and flow to life that guarantees we will eventually go through hard times.
• When we fail to learn from our losses, we lose twice.
• Life is full of unexpected circumstances, and it rarely goes as planned.

Five Principles

• Every challenge has an end date, even if we don’t know what that date is.
• We can experience growth and transformation even on our darkest days, and we are often at our best when life gives us no choice but to rise to the challenge.
• We have survived every single one of the most difficult days of our lives.
• Although we cannot control everything that happens to us, we can always choose how we will respond to what happens to us.
• The constant awareness that our present realities are temporary can give us the strength to persevere through our very next step.

One Perspective

• “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius

Three Practices

• Remind yourself when life gets tough, “I am going to make it through this.”
• On your darkest days, identify even a few things you can be grateful for, and keep hanging in there.
• Consider during your most joyful moments, “All of this is temporary” in order to help you remain fully present and to appreciate those moments more deeply.