And I think:
Hello Universe. I’d like to order some calm, please.
You can’t hear me, but I’ve just heaved a heavy sigh after weathering some harrowing storms these last few weeks. And while not all is settled (is it ever, though?), I learned, or rather, observed, how much of it was my own mind stirring things up, making things harder than they had to be, the inner chaos adding to the outer.
When life is is chaotic, we’re impatient for the calm after the storm, when our real job is to stay calm within so we can better handle things at hand. How else are we to think clearly, stay grounded, and respond instead of react to every little perceived threat, which is almost more work than dealing with the situation itself?
The hardest thing is to remind ourselves is that a storm is not forever; it will eventually pass. Will things be resolved as we expect? Maybe not. But if we learn something from it, we can emerge a little wiser, and more resilient.
And if we’re willing to pay attention, we can see that the storm has cleared the way, revealing things we couldn’t (or wouldn’t) see before it came.
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