30/10/2025
Let what comes, come.
Let what goes, go.
Find out what remains.
Ramana Maharshi
When was the last time you felt peaceful? For a lot of us, it's hard to pinpoint that moment because feeling a sense of peace, ease and balance may be so unfamiliar that we struggle to remember it.
It is also because peace is the opposite feeling to stress, which is something we're all much more familiar with. Being busy and stressed can feel normal to us, but when we cultivate peace and approach life from that place, we're able to respond to the world in a more intelligent, thoughtful way than when we're running from commitment to commitment.
When life doesn't feel okay, just a moment of peace can help you feel that everything might be okay at some point in the future. We're not saying just have a quiet few minutes and all of your problems will go away, what we're saying is, at times of great personal strain, make sure you do small, good things for yourself every day.
Be gentle with yourself, as if you were looking after a friend who's going through tough times. You wouldn't tell her to pull herself together and get on with things. You'd be kind and considerate of her fragile state. Find some moments away from the onslaught of life and emotions, and that will leave you stronger and better able to get through them.
