Calm In the Midst of Chaos

By Hal Neff


On the road of life, lots of people find themselves in the middle of turbulence hoping just to cope with life. Frequently people just go from crisis to crisis whether it is with health or financial and never seem get on top of their problems. They let their external circumstances determine all areas of their life.

However, life is more than your problem. It is more than the total of all the negative stuff that might confront you. If you are not personally facing an impending crisis in your life, you certainly know of people within your group who are. Life can be filled with a long list of issues and mayhem often seems unavoidable.

Despite all the problems, it is important to get a handle on how to remain calm since not obtaining that calm in the middle of the storm might have a big impact in your life in terms of your own mental and physical health. So what precisely can you do to minimize the effects of the "storms" that are bound to be all around you.

When you switch on the News today the only thing you will discover is bad news. Bad news sells, yet listening to the bad news does little to better anyone's life. It might be a good deal better to do some good psychological growth first thing each morning instead of taking that newspaper to see who had been shot, killed or maimed.

Preventing putting this negative pictures in your mind and substituting positive thoughts and images can give you a completely different point of view on life. Start by building up a positive inner voice that can help you become "others" centered rather than self absorbed. This by itself can change your whole outlook on life. It's this that help you create a calm demeanor even when you may find yourself in the midst of a storm personally.

The Seventeenth Century clergyman, Matthew Henry said, "After the storm comes the calm". Have you ever noticed how calm it could be after a violent storm? That may also be true in the midst of the eye of a storm. I personally remember being in the midst of a violent tropical storm just north of the equator in Africa. This was an enormous tropical thunderstorm which ripped roofs of many of the houses. Yet, as the eye of the storm moved directly over where I was, it was incredibly calm. The truth is there was a "stillness" in the air which I never have experienced since. It is that kind of calm that we need to get in our lives.

To get this kind of calm requires you to be vigilant about the insight that goes into your mind. It is best to stay away from as much of the negative around you as possible. When your input is extremely good, you'll probably have a greater capability to stay calm despite the storm. This will not only assist you in keeping better health physically but it will also help you in your own mental health giving you a real clarity of mind.

During these busy times, life can apparently bring a good deal of turbulence. Having a calm mind will be what helps you get through the storm.




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