It’s not easy, not at first anyway. Which is why many are intimidated by the initial difficulty that comes with quieting your mind and letting everything go.

Before I learned to apply exactly what meditation did for me to my everyday life, I saw little point in it other than maybe relaxing in a moment of stress.

But the sense of calm you feel when your breathing comes to an even natural pattern, your senses seem to be turned up in the best way possible, and thoughts are nothing but something to observe is a feeling deeper than relaxation.

You’re back in a safe place of faith and trust, a state of joy only found in the here and now. It’s the state from which we can approach life and everything it holds with compassion and patience.

It’s coming from a place of being centered, present, and open to what comes next. And when does it become this? When you are able to bring yourself back to the present moment when anxiety about anything from your job to your bills rises up.

When someone offends you, or you get lost in the past. When you’ve overthought yourself into a bad mood, or simply rolled out of the wrong side of the bed. This is when coming back to the most blissful state of being saves the day, and reminds you that the moment in front of you is the only one that matters.

Come at it with the love and open-mindedness it deserves. Even if it’s a bad thought, or a bad mood creeping in, approach it ready to learn, as it’s the only thing in front of you for a reason.

Meditation helps us work life out, bringing us back to the state of now we can all live in.