3. It will pass (all of it, so appreciate it now)

Regardless of what you're going through, know that the stress, pain, and all the suffering you feel as a result of it is as temporary as the situation itself. Everything in life is impermanent, and this includes your challenges, stresses, and any bad day.

There's always a new day to look forward to filled with new possibilities, and the pain will subside in due time. Life acts much like a wave, where the trough or dip is a time filled with stress and difficulty, and the crescent or rise is the definition of good times. But it's because of this impermanence that difficulties arise when we cling to the various things in our life.

The "trick" is to learn how to live in a way that you're ever aware of the impermanence of all things and to live without clinging to any specific thoughts, views, and living or non-living things while still abiding in the natural flow of the ocean of life.

If you do this then the impermanence of life will become a reason to celebrate and express gratitude, love, and appreciation for everything in it and you'll simultaneously no longer be dragged down when things change for the "worse".

Don't get the wrong idea, though. This doesn't mean you won't care when a loved one passes, rather it means that because of your deeper understanding of life you're suffering will be overwhelmed by a deep sense of love and appreciation for the time you were able to spend with them, transforming the experience into something deeper, more profound, and more nourishing than the experience without this understanding.

4. Blessings are there, even in the worst of times

In every moment, whether good or bad, there's an infinite number of things to be grateful for. Whether it's access to clean drinking water and nutritious food, a roof over your head, access to the internet and communication with the world around you, or the love of your friends and family, there's certain things that most of us are lucky enough to have around us at all times that we usually take for granted.

One of the most powerful things you can do when you're experiencing tough times is to think of all the things you have to be grateful for. Start with all the obvious things and then move all the way down the list until you have to really sit and think about the things you do or have with you in your everyday life that are always there but which you never notice.

This has the ability to "even out" your emotions and perspective of the overall situation. By realizing you still have countless things to be grateful in your life you step back from your self-centered viewpoint of the world as crumbling down around you to a world of infinite beauty and blessings, and this evening out of your general perspective of the world and your life can greatly help you overcome any situation.

5. There's wisdom in every experience

By this, I'm not referring to life as some human-like consciousness or higher being trying to teach you some lesson. I mean this in a much more grounded and personally observable way. On your path, living this life, there are various experiences which will either show you or confirm in you something important.

If you live your life consciously then you'll be able to find the bit of wisdom that expressed in the situation. Let's say you were just dumped by your girlfriend or boyfriend. Or worse, just split from your husband or wife.

In this case, the lesson or reminder could be that everything in life is impermanent and that you need to go with the natural flow of life, unattached yet fully experiencing life first-hand in all its joy and beauty.

6. Each moment is a fresh new moment

Each and every day is a completely new reality. And each new moment in that day is a fresh new moment. No matter what happened, no matter what you're still going through, you can decide to completely turn things around by realizing that you're not chained to the past in any way.

Each new moment is unbound to the past, with every possibility to be completely different from the way things were or have been, and the future is no more than a pool of potentiality within our minds, so don't let yourself be pinned down by either.

See the beauty of each new moment and realize that each moment brings the opportunity to completely change everything for the better. Get out of your head and live fully in the present moment with mindfulness and you'll realize the infinite possibilities that exist right in front of you.

7. You can change the past

You can literally change your past experiences. Don't believe me? Think about something that's happened in the past. I'll use myself as an example.

When I was in high school, it was nothing special. I learned very little, didn't do anything all that great, and generally went through life half-asleep while being directed more by my impulses and immediate desires than conscious decisions.

That was back when I was in high school. I'm not in high school anymore. Now? I think high school was very special. I learned a number of very important life lessons and ultimately look on it as an overall pleasant experience.

But wait, that's literally changing my definition of the past, isn't it? And to change what you think- what you define a past experience as- is to change the past itself.

You literally have the ability to change the past. This is because what goes on in our heads is often just as real as what goes on outside. In fact, a good part of our past experience is often just that: a collection of thoughts and feelings about the past experience while we were in the moment, not only the past event itself.

If you learn this point thoroughly, you'll see that it's entirely up to you to decide what this experience is going to mean to you. And that's a pretty powerful realization.