Be The Calm
We presently live in an emotionally miscalculating society wherein we receive a constant barrage of negative ideas about life and suspicions about everyone; rendering us locked in a prison cell of mental and emotional turmoil. In scary times, such as these, it feels good to be close to someone who is calm when we are not. The emotional composure they exude helps to shift our nervous system from overdrive to calm quietude. They have a way of letting us know that everything will be alright - and we believe them because we have learned to trust them without question.
Solace
Unfortunately, there are times in life when those special people are not around, not available. What do we do? How will we survive the tumult going on in and around us? Who will provide us that calm abiding when life has turned upside down? Truth is, each of us can learn to be our own emotional self-regulator. We can be the very person we normally look to for solace and quietude. In our dismay and confusion with what is occurring, we forget how often we’ve been the calming balm for those who are in a fretful state. We have within everything we need to be our own self-calmers.
Habitual
Because we live in a world that condones: gender bias, racial divisionism, poverty, unchecked rage and violence, constant comparison, overzealous religious dogmatism, social injustice, and calamitous mental attitudes that feed the immature egos need to feel superior and excessively powerful, thoughts of impending doom are never far away. This causes over-the-top distress. Having the forethought, and determination, to schedule quiet time for reflection and gratitude every day develops an inner quietude of calm, that once felt, becomes habitual. Inner turbulence can shift into inner tranquility at any time simply by choosing to do so.
Culivate
There are three things to remember when wanting to cultivate and activate calm abiding in the midst of any crisis. First, notice when your mind is running rampant with fearful thinking. Second, exchange those thoughts with those that are real rather than fear-based illusions and imaginings. And third, fully appreciate your willingness and ability to be the calm.
“Living a tranquil, serene, and humanly successful life requires desire, effort, and dedicated work.”