I lost my composure during a guided meditation on equanimity. Yeah. Equanimity—that steadiness of mind and composure in response to any situation?

Well, I’m not a skilled meditator. But at least no one else on the call could see or hear me!

In this guided session we were prompted to bring to mind someone to whom we could offer phrases of balance and calm. I pictured my son.

But with the first prompt—

“May you accept things the way they are.”

I burst out laughing.

This, right here, is one of the top challenges in caring for my son lately.

His non-acceptance of the way things are—literally how objects are placed around our house—is a constant source of friction.

Take, for example, our kitchen.

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