For the last two weeks we've been considering the following question:
"How can I be more mindful at every moment?"

One person e-mailed me and shared the incredible story of their decision to leave their home country and move to Canada. It is a very emotional story filled with hardship and difficulties of adjusting to life in a new country.

This subscriber told me that before coming to Canada it was seen as a land of opportunities, but once here, they realized that a "higher standard of living" comes at the price of a higher cost of living - something that the brochures failed to mention.

Haven't we all had the feeling that things would be better if our circumstances (career, job, house, relationship, etc..) were different?

The main message that I drew out of this person's story is a lesson that we all need to learn: Appreciate what you have for what it is, and don't judge it in the light of what it "could be".

ENJOY NOW!

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