eloquently put, by Mark Wahlberg in the departed.  what’s the lesson, here?  the lesson is that you don’t know, you don’t know squat.  nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.  just remember that when you think you are in a bad situation, or you are in a good situation for that matter.  you simply don’t know how things will turn out so can you simply accept the situation for what it is, not worry about it, live your life and be present (previous lessons)?

an underlying joy will begin to arise when these lessons are taken to heart.  sometimes you’ll have to remind yourself.  actually, from my experience you will constantly have to remind yourself.  your brain will try to hijack your life, so you have to gently nudge it back on the right track.  sometimes it can take a really long time. like, we’re talking years.  but as long as you keep on keeping on you can dust yourself off and try again.