You might be sweating something out right now, worrying, paining, stressing. Right now, you could be crying, with knots inside you tied too tight.

I don’t know what it is. Hell – maybe even you don’t know. But what I do know is that whatever it is that’s weighing you down now won’t be doing that forever.

Your problems will pass.

Growing up, I always thought the test at the end of the week was the biggest deal in the world. Getting less than an A meant – well, I didn’t even know what it meant. I just knew my parents would be extremely angry with me and what could be worse than that?

Then I graduated from college and realized that maybe that wasn’t the worst thing. There were worse things and I was discovering them one by one. Relationships, careers, the fragility and ambiguity surrounding life itself.

What a fool I was to ever have thought getting yelled at or hit was the end of the world. Clearly not, since I survived, coming out only with future therapy bills and very temporary welts.

That’s when I realized it. No matter how bad it gets, don’t worry: it will always get much, much worse.

So when you’re in that moment, fretting your little head off, stop. Right now isn’t going to be as bad as later, so just be thankful you were given a moment that wasn’t the worst possible thing that could happen at that time.

Give that a second to sink in.

Are you worried now? Oh boy! You’re gonna be fuckin’ scared out of your wits later. But you’re not now.

See how that works? Perspective, people. Look at it that way and you’ll always be thoroughly grateful for the present.

Truly, is there any better way to approach life, this one life you have?

Get out there and enjoy your week!