Every day, I can CHOOSE to be happy or sad, stressed or relaxed, etc. If things are getting hectic I ask myself, "What can I do about it today, right now?" Sometimes, the answer is "nothing." When that happens, I just try to go on about the business of taking care of what I CAN do, today, right now.
The future hasn't happened, and the past is not going to happen again. In the words of Ram Dass, "Be here now." You can start by recognizing and accepting when a situation is beyond your control.
You have to understand that the mind does not like any discipline. It loves its freedom more than anything else, and will try to stand in your way whenever and however it can.
Always remember that the choice is yours: to be a slave to the mind and its whims, or to be its master. It may be hard to accept the idea that the mind is only some kind of a machine and that you are not the mind. It is an instrument, which has its value if used correctly, but at the present, man is ruled by this instrument. You are not the mind and its thoughts; they are just some kind of power that you are using. By mental exercises it is possible to train the mind and master it. It should be put it in its proper place, as a servant to you not as your boss and master.
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