I’m currently in the ditch.
Proximate cause: a prior work decision may or may not be wrong.
Result: it might cost me some money, make me look bad in front of a friend. Or the decision might have been right and neither will happen.
But in the meantime, in the uncertainty, I am in the ditch.
How to get back on The Path?
First, don’t avoid the problem. It won’t go away by itself. Address the uncertainty about my prior decision.
That’s in progress.
Second, continue my daily program. Talk to God instead of yourself. Do the daily reading to maintain a spiritual connection. Luckily I had started rereading an old favorite book, one that I discovered 30 years ago.
This too shall pass.