Just Right

Daily Dhamma Mistakes are part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. ~Al Franken

I had a friend who, whenever he was asked, "How are you" (which everyone knows is supposed to be answered by "fine," unless you're in a 12 step program in which case you go into a litany of issues and problems that are unsolvable, even by god), would answer: "just right."

He as always just right. If the roof of the house was caving in upon him, he was just right. If he was dying from lung cancer (which he was), he was just right. While I appreciated the philosophy behind his standard answer, always accompanied by an enigmatic grin, I often wanted to respond to him, "Oh yeah, well your ass is on fire." If I had, he have done a mental drop and roll, pop back up and say, "Ta da! You see, Linda, it isn't life that creates happiness or unhappiness, but our reactions to life."

We get to live, we get to learn, we get to make mistakes and still be just right.


Mama Bear, from Three Hungry Bears