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Hi everyone, Sam here.

Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday.

So I recently went on vacation and on our trip my husband, stepdaughter and I faced some

unexpected challenges.

It started when we took a ferry from the Greek island of Naxos to Mekonos.

On the ferry over we encountered an absurd scene of mass sea sickness.

When we finally got off the boat, shaken and stirred, I thought about having to take another

boat to our final destination, the peaceful island of Samos.

But I insisted that we stay in Mekonos for the night as I couldn't imagine getting on

another boat until my lingering sea sickness subsided.

What I didn't know was just how popular, loud and expensive Mekonos was going to be.

We spent hours trying to find an available taxi and a hotel.

While we were trying to figure out all of these logistics, we were sorting out two major

fraudulent charges on my account.

And it was at this moment that I was grateful to have my mindfulness practice.

I thought, things rarely turn out the way we expect them to.

And then I chose to surrender and just laugh at it all.

Mindfulness offers so much in moments like these.

We can call on our resilience and flexibility when we need it the most.

We're able to rebound from the difficult emotions and thoughts that arise from these

unexpected setbacks and then flexibly choose how we want to respond to them.

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