Question
Today I wet myself in technology class because I’d held it in for so long!!! And it was in front of the whole class!!!!! My dad came to get me and took me home. I missed two classes, and I don’t know what to do!! I’m stressed out!! Tomorrow they’ll make fun of me, and I’ll look stupid… Help me!!!
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
Hello!!! As the famous saying goes, “Embarrassment won’t kill you.” Everyone in this world has felt “ashamed” or “ridiculous” at one time or another. As time passes… you’ll laugh about it!!!… But… for now… enter the present moment… do your homework, read or watch a movie, go to bed and sleep without thinking any more about this “little incident” (which seems like a mountain to you), and tomorrow morning go to school as though it had never happened!!! Yes, do it. Stay attentive to the present, to the “here and now,” which is the perfect moment. To help yourself, pay attention to your breathing, your breath. The people around you will stop thinking about it and will have forgotten “this detail.”
Kosen