Daily Meditation: Thursday, June 10, 2004

Thought - permits us to take distance

06/10/2004

When you are suffering, hold the thought that one day you will consider this experience a blessing, and this thought will be doubly useful to you. In the first place, it corresponds to reality (this painful experience of the moment will ultimately benefit you), and it is always advisable to hold this truth present in your mind. Also, when you formulate this thought, it helps you detach from what you are going through and, in doing so, you rise above it and are better able to cope with the ordeal. This is the power of thought: it helps us to distance ourselves from the misfortune we are undergoing.