Some inspirational and wise words from Ajahn Chah as teachings on this happening, and on all our "unplanned" experiences, I share with you below:

𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞? 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨.
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 '𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬,' 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 '𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.'
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, '𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞! 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧'.
𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨-𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧; 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.
~ 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐡
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