Bring Meditation Into Your Everyday Life

To navigate your way through life implies moving through life with intention and purpose. This is different from goal setting, for we cannot control what happens in life. What we can do is to get clear about how we would like to show up and respond to what arises in life. Meditation helps us prepare the foundation for navigating life’s circumstances with patience, clarity and compassion.

Meditation helps you navigate through challenges by establishing a stable, calm mind. With this foundation, we can meet life’s ups and downs with equanimity. Life will always present us with challenges. How we respond to them is up to us. Without meditation, there’s little space to choose a response, we simply react from past habit. With meditation, we’re better able to identify challenging moments, pause, and choose the most skillful way to move forward.  

To find your own path in life, it helps to know yourself and your purpose. The true self is more than just your job title and labels such as parent, wife or friend. Who you really are is something you discover for yourself by looking inward with meditation. As we get to know ourselves better, our purpose becomes clear. Your path in life is to do your best to live in alignment with this purpose.    

It is possible to turn challenges into success, although it may not always feel like it. A consistent meditation practice, however, helps us acknowledge our challenging moments, bring awareness to our reactions, and make space for a new perspective. By allowing ourselves to feel what we feel, we might also notice that our feelings change. Every obstacle and challenge also carries the potential for opportunity and growth.