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I’ve been feeling a sense of chaos around me.
There’s war in my country, and last month, my husband lost his business to a fire.
When it rains, it pours. Right? Everything feels too overwhelming and too uncontrollable.
The chaos surrounding me has reached my inner core; now it’s within me.
I don’t feel safe, and…I don’t feel okay.
My days feel low and exhausting. Something feels off. However, I keep saying that today I woke up. I’m safe. My family is safe. Gratitude keeps my heart open, but I can’t stop myself from absorbing the collective energy that’s impacting my country and those around me.
When the world feels chaotic, I feel powerless. But I also feel that I have to keep myself afloat—emotionally and mentally. I can’t drown. I can’t keep living in a state of panic instead of peace.
So, what do I do? I breathe everything in. I exhale and remember two powerful truths that become my mantras in difficult times.
I keep telling myself:
1. This phase will end. This chaos won’t last forever. I don’t know when it will end, but I do know that everything has a certain timeline. We may witness the beginning, but we can’t always see the ending. The only thing we can do is trust and wholeheartedly believe that nothing persists.
Therefore, I stop. I breathe. I look at the chaos around me. I recognize its presence while waiting for its imminent absence. Knowing that this, too, shall pass keeps me sane. It keeps me hopeful. It anchors me. I may not be able to move forward right now, but I know I will soon.
2. Everything’s coming together. I can’t see the end result right now, but I know that everything is falling into place. Is it bad? Is it good? I don’t know. But I know it’s happening for a reason that I can’t experience or fathom just yet. I need to go with the flow, trusting that the flow will take me to where I’m supposed to be.
Sometimes, things go wrong before they go right. So, I’m focusing on the right instead of sinking deeper into the wrong. I trust the process of change.
It’s incredibly challenging to not get sucked into the stress and painful events, but at the end of the day, we need to protect our own peace and happiness. We need to allow life to be when we can’t control it. Instead of absorbing negativity, we should learn how to befriend it and observe it as it slowly turns into something positive and hopeful.
The present moment is all I have right now. I choose to trust it. I give it permission to lead me.
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author: Elyane Youssef
Image: maria.jose.guzman/Instagram
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