How can we go on living 'when things fall apart' - when we are overcome by pain, fear and anxiety? Pema Chodron's answer to that question contains some spectacularly good news: there is a fundamental happiness readily available to each one of us, no matter how difficult things seem to be. But to find it, we must learn to stop running from suffering and, instead, actually learn to embrace it - fearlessly, compassionately and with curiosity.