Don't believe things should be different now.
Don't wish for things to be different now.
Don’t imagine things could have, or would have been different now, if only…
Don't pray for anything but the grace to accept things as they are, and to be at peace with all things, as they are, here and now.
Don't forget to say thank you, thank you, thank you, no matter what comes — it is already here, how could we reject it?
We don’t need faith to be with what is, we simply need to recognise when we are not here now in the what is, and to return always, no matter how many times we make the great mistake, we must return, return, return to that which is here right now.
Don’t miss what is here now, in wishing it was otherwise.
This is the work — to remain present, here, now.
Always.
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This is a great truth - and also the great challenge. Keeping our minds out of the past or future.