When Life Gets Tough

How do you survive when life gets tough?

How do you hang on when you are grieving, lonely or broke?

You can only tackle your problems as you would climb a mountain,

If you go rock climbing and you get stuck on a ledge, you suddenly focus on the present moment! You forget about the future. 

All your effort goes into your next step. 

Then your next step. Inch by inch. 

Eventually you claw your way out.

The same strategy works for everyday life. 

When things seem desperate, you fix your focus on the present moment. 

You tackle one problem at a time. 

You take a step. You get a little confidence and take another step, and another. Eventually you find that the worst is over. 

But you can handle one day at a time. And whenever 24 hours is too tough, bite off five minutes at a time.