It is Good that You Are Here

Here is something to try that may help you deal with situations that are less than ideal that I learned from my hostess this weekend in Fairbanks. She said her Lenten practice is to remind herself that she is in these places– these sick rooms, these contentious meetings, the grocery store, the borough office, a yoga session, a classroom, a daycare, the senior center, the post office, the trail, the cab of a snow plow, the clinic, a police car,the library, the cafe, the grocery store or the gas station– at this moment– for a reason. She can do some good. Especially when it appears sort of hopeless, she says to herself:  “It is good that I’m here.” And then does her best to make that true.