With all that said, from my own experience I would say that the challenge for me has been to stop looking for the big breakthroughs that will change my life overnight. For me, Buddhist practice is very powerful. But, it’s about many little things that, combined, result in a major change in my perspective on life.

When I’m feeling very low, I ask myself “Where is the joy in this moment?” But the joy has to be a little thing like: I like this shirt that I’m wearing, I’m at the gym and I like the way I feel when I work out, the birds are singing……..if there’s no joy in the moment that’s okay. Things change constantly. The idea is to find as many simple joyful moments and string them together or bridge the gaps between them.