Must Stay in the Now

So, I got some pretty disturbing news tonight, but meditation, staying in the now, is helping some. I have to remember to stay in the now. In the now, yes, Grandpa is very ill (cancer), but he's not dead, he's alive. In the now, I can't do anything to help him except for pray. In the now, I can do my homework, I'm hot (it's like 90 in my room), but I'm fine. My mind wants to drag me into the future, into the scary, unknown future. But in the now, in the here and now, none of those scary things has happened. Grandpa's ill, but fine and alive. I'm not having to rush down to Levittown. I'm able to stay at school and do my homework, and take care of myself. In the now, I hear the wind roaring outside and the hiss of the heater. In the now. I did some art therapy tonight to help get me into the now, and then did a bit of meditation with Taize music. In the now, all is well, I must stay in the now!