"You can't calm the storm. So stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself.
The storm will pass."
~Timber Hawkey
Have you ever gazed out upon a ripple-less body of water and wondered at all the activity going on just below the surface?
It's amazing isn't it, when you consider how peaceful it is on the top. The shimmering plane of liquid holds your attention, and you can almost forget what is teeming beneath the surface. If I imagine the lake to be alive as a part of nature, my appreciation for its strength in holding it all together would be immense.
I've felt like that lake a lot - full of internal activity. I've even been in the midst of many human created storms.
When we are in those moments of mayhem, we often think that finding peace is the answer. Or finding a way to create it. But like the unhinged atmosphere beneath the lake, the real answer it to find a way to calm. Demonstrate a surface of unmovable confidence.
Confidence is not peaceful. It often has to be wrestled.
Calmly take hold of it.
As my former Mother-in-law used to tell me, "This too will pass."
Cheers.
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