Calm In the Middle of Mayhem

By Hal Neff


On the road of life, a lot of people find themselves in the midst of turbulence striving just to cope with life. Often 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 outer situations influence all aspects of their life.

However, life is more than your challenge. It's much more than the total of all the negative things that might confront you. If you are not personally dealing with an impending crisis in your life, you certainly know of people in your circle who are. Life can be filled with a long list of issues and mayhem often appears unavoidable.

Despite all the challenges, it is important to get a grip on how to remain calm since not obtaining that calm in the middle of the storm can have a huge effect on your life in terms of your mental and physical health. So what exactly could you do to minimize the effects of the "storms" which are bound to be all around you.

Whenever you switch on the News today the only thing you will hear is bad news. Bad news sells, yet hearing the bad news does very little to better anyone's life. It could be a good deal better to do some good mental growth first thing each morning rather than taking that newspaper to see who had been shot, killed or maimed.

Avoiding putting this negative images in your head and substituting positive thoughts and images can give you a completely different viewpoint on life. Start by developing an optimistic inner voice that will help you develop into "others" centered rather than self absorbed. This on its own can transform your whole outlook on life. It is this that help you develop a peaceful attitude even when you may find yourself in the middle of a storm personally.

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

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

During these busy times, life can seemingly bring a good deal of confusion. Developing a calm mind will be what helps you make it through the storm.




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