Cultivate Calm

You can’t calm external storms - calm yourself and the storms always pass.

Thought work, mindfulness, and nature help you cultivate calm.

Preventive care.

The space between stimulus and response is where your power lies.

Use it wisely.

There are so many times we can’t change the circumstances/stimuli we are facing, we can still deliberately choose and practice thoughts that cultivate calm.

Calming and useful thoughts:

There is hope.

It will be ok in the end.

The earth will continue to spin.

The sun will continue to rise and set.

Suffering is part of life.

Nature is healing.

Life will go on.

I have everything I need right now.

Your breath is always available.

Worry only pretends to be necessary.

I am doing the best I can.

I am exactly where I need to be right now.

I am doing everything I can at this point in time.

Not helpful, scary, and worrisome thoughts will, of course, continue to pop up.

These thoughts are natural in our current circumstances.

Expect them, notice them, say no thank you, and go back to the ones that cultivate calm.

Model for others how to be calm, graceful and compassionate under pressure.

May you all be well.

May you all be loved.

May you all be happy.

May you all be calm.