I think most of us want peace or to be peaceful, but most of the time we are instead taught how to endure things. Being able to ensure it is fine for certain things, but not all things.

We are seldomly taught how to be calm in the face of trouble, stress, danger, worry or fear.

Many times we wait for peace to come after trouble leaves, or stress fades away, after the danger is done, after you stop worrying and after you are no longer afraid.

But even when these things are gone, do things really ever truly calm down long enough to even take a deep breath. Usually something or someone else enters and the calm you were so desperately waiting for quickly exits…….Stage Left!!!

When this happens over a long period of time And over time, trouble seems normal to you, stress feels normal to you, danger seems normal to you, worry  ...