101Transformation is not an all-or-nothing game, it’s a work
in progress. A little touch here and a small touch there
is what makes your day (and, therefore, your life) great.
Today is a microcosm of your entire life. It is your whole
life in miniature. You were “born” when you woke up,
and you’ll “die” when you go to sleep. It was designed
this way, so that you could live your whole life in a day.
48. Enjoy all your problems
Every solution has a problem.
You can’t have one without the other. So why do we
say that we hate problems? Why do we claim to want a
hassle-free existence? When someone is emotionally
sick, why do we say, “He’s got problems”?
Deep down, where our wisdom lives, we know that
problems are good for us. When my daughter’s teacher
talks to me during open house and tells me that my
daughter is going to be “working more problems” in
math than she worked last year, I think that’s wonder-
ful. Why do I think it’s wonderful when my daughter
gets more problems to solve, if I think problems are a
problem?
Because somehow we know that problems are good
for our children. By solving problems, our kids will be-
come more self-sufficient. They’ll trust their own minds
more. They’ll see themselves as problem-solvers.
Because we ourselves are so superstitious about our
own problems, we tend to run from them rather than
solve them. We have demonized problems to such a de-
gree that they are like monsters that live under the bed.
And by not solving them during the day, we tremble
over them at night.
Enjoy all your problems