Maintaining calmness—not overreacting or taking things too personally — keeps your mind clear, your emotions peaceful, and your composure under control in otherwise uncontrollable situations. You’ve experienced this: calm composure is a human superpower. So ask yourself: “How can I respond from a place of clarity and strength today, rather than reacting in anger or frustration to the painful experiences I’m confronted with?”
Sit with that question for a moment.
Every time you’re tempted to react in the same old way, pause for a moment of breath meditation—in two, three, four, out two, three, four five—make space for a healthy change of state, for something new to enter…
Consciously redirect your focus by taking it away from something unchangeable that drags you down, and instead zero in on something small and actionable that moves you forward in the present moment.
Nothing is stopping you right now. Nothing is holding you back but your own thoughts and reactions to “how life is.”
You may not be responsible for everything that’s happened to you in the past, or everything that’s happening to you now, but you ARE responsible for undoing the counterproductive thinking and behavioral patterns these circumstances create.
Think better so you can ultimately live better.
No matter what happens, you can choose your response, which powerfully influences what happens next. Your greatest weapon against anxiety, negativity, and stress is your ability to pause, breathe, and chose one present response over another—to train your mind to make the best of what’s in front of you.
Life gets better when you get better at managing your better way of being.
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